About the Authors

Pei-Ying Lin

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Naomi Sparks Grewal

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, United States of America

Christophe Morin

Affiliation Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Walter D. Johnson

Affiliation Center for Neuroeconomics Studies, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, United States of America

Paul J. Zak

paul.zak@cgu.edu

Affiliation Center for Neuroeconomics Studies, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests. Christophe Morin is employed by SalesBrain Inc. and provided the PSAs we tested from commercial sources. The PSA's were purchased from AdForum. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PZ CM P-YL NG. Performed the experiments: PZ WJ P-YL NG. Analyzed the data: PZ P-YL NG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PZ. Wrote the paper: PZ P-YL NG CM.