About the Authors

Hao Jia

Affiliation MRI Research Center, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Oleg M. Pustovyy

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Physiology & Pharmacology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Paul Waggoner

Affiliation Canine Detection Research Institute, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Ronald J. Beyers

Affiliation MRI Research Center, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

John Schumacher

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Chester Wildey

Affiliation MRRA Inc., Euless, Texas, United States of America

Jay Barrett

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Edward Morrison

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Physiology & Pharmacology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Nouha Salibi

Affiliation MR R&D, Siemens Healthcare, Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Thomas S. Denney

Affiliations MRI Research Center, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Psychology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Vitaly J. Vodyanoy

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Physiology & Pharmacology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Gopikrishna Deshpande

gopi@auburn.edu

Affiliations MRI Research Center, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Psychology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

Two of the authors are employed by commercial companies. Author Chester Wildey is the founder and CEO of MRRA Inc., who supplied the optical motion tracking system and contributed to this work by training the first author on using this product. MRRA Inc. is the license holder for the patent covering the motion tracking product. Author Nouha Salibi is an employee of Siemens Healthcare, Malvern, PA who is stationed at the MRI Research Center in Auburn University. She contributed by optimizing the sequences used to acquire fMRI data in this study. However, the authors note that these authors had no role in data analysis and its interpretation. These competing interests do not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PW CW JB EM NS TD VV GD. Performed the experiments: HJ OP PW RB JS. Analyzed the data: HJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HJ OP PW CW VV GD. Wrote the paper: HJ PW VV GD.