About the Authors

Kirk Warren Brown

kwbrown@vcu.edu

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 806 W. Franklin St., Richmond, VA, 23284, United States of America

Robert J. Goodman

Current address: Department of Psychological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 806 W. Franklin St., Richmond, VA, 23284, United States of America

Richard M. Ryan

Affiliations Institute of Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University, Locked Bag 2002, Strathfield, NSW, Australia 2135, Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology, Meliora Hall, P.O. Box 270266, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, United States of America

Bhikkhu Anālayo

Affiliations Numata Center for Buddhist Studies, University of Hamburg, Alsterterrasse 1, 20354 Hamburg, Germany, Kultur Indiens und Tibets, University of Hamburg, Alsterterrasse 1, 20354 Hamburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KWB RJG RMR BA. Performed the experiments: KWB RJG. Analyzed the data: KWB RJG. Wrote the paper: KWB RJG RMR BA.