About the Authors

Kate E. Sprecher

ksprecher@wisc.edu

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Wisconsin Center for Sleep Medicine and Research, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Neuroscience Training Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Brady A. Riedner

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Wisconsin Center for Sleep Medicine and Research, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Richard F. Smith

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Giulio Tononi

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Richard J. Davidson

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Center for Investigating Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Ruth M. Benca

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Wisconsin Center for Sleep Medicine and Research, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

Giulio Tononi has consulted for Philips Respironics and has been involved in a research study in humans supported by Philips Respironics. Giulio Tononi is also a consultant for the Allen Institute for Brain Research. Ruth M. Benca has served as a consultant to Merck and Jazz and received grant support from Merck. The article submitted is not related to any of these relationships. The remaining authors have reported that no competing interests exist. This did not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KES BAR GT RJD RMB. Performed the experiments: KES BAR RFS. Analyzed the data: KES BAR RFS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KES BAR. Wrote the paper: KES BAR RMB.