About the Authors

Aaron B. Simon

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering and Medical Scientist Training Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Valerie E. M. Griffeth

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering and Medical Scientist Training Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Eric C. Wong

Affiliation Center for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Richard B. Buxton

rbuxton@ucsd.edu

Affiliations Center for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: 1) Research grant from GE healthcare; 2) Patent Application (Invention Disclosure filed). This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ABS RBB. Performed the experiments: ABS. Analyzed the data: ABS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VEMG ECW. Wrote the paper: ABS VEMG ECW RBB.