About the Authors

Cecilia U. D. Stenfors

cecilia.stenfors@psychology.su.se

Affiliations Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Linda Magnusson Hanson

Affiliation Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Gabriel Oxenstierna

Affiliations Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, School of Technology and Health, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Töres Theorell

Affiliations Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Lars-Göran Nilsson

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Competing Interests

The study was partially funded by Afa Insurance. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Comments and final approval of manuscript: CS LMH TT GO LGN. Conceived and designed the experiments: CS LMH TT GO LGN. Performed the experiments: CS LMH TT GO. Analyzed the data: CS LMH TT GO LGN. Wrote the paper: CS.