About the Authors

Barry D. Kussman

Contributed equally to this work with: Barry D. Kussman, Christopher M. Aasted

Affiliations Center for Pain and the Brain, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christopher M. Aasted

Contributed equally to this work with: Barry D. Kussman, Christopher M. Aasted

Affiliations Center for Pain and the Brain, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Radiology, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Meryem A. Yücel

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sarah C. Steele

Affiliations Center for Pain and the Brain, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Radiology, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mark E. Alexander

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

David A. Boas

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

David Borsook

Affiliations Center for Pain and the Brain, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Radiology, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lino Becerra

Lino.Becerra@childrens.harvard.edu

Affiliations Center for Pain and the Brain, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Radiology, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

D.A.B. is an inventor on a technology licensed to TechEn, a company whose medical pursuits focus on noninvasive optical brain monitoring. D.A.B.’s interests were reviewed and are managed by Massachusetts General Hospital and Partners HealthCare in accordance with their conflict of interest policies. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LB DB BK MA CMA. Performed the experiments: LB BK CMA. Analyzed the data: LB CMA MAY DAB DB BK. Wrote the paper: LB BK CMA MAY SS DAB DB. Statistical analysis: LB CMA MAY DAB DB. Obtained funding: LB DB CMA BK.