About the Authors

Tzu-Ching Chiang

tchiang5@uwo.ca

Affiliations The Brain and Mind Institute, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Psychology, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan

Ru-Band Lu

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University & Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Institute of Behavioral Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Institute of Allied Health Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Shulan Hsieh

Affiliations Institute of Allied Health Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Yun-Hsuan Chang

Affiliation Institute of Allied Health Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Yen-Kuang Yang

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University & Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Institute of Behavioral Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TC. Performed the experiments: TC YC. Analyzed the data: TC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: TC. Obtained permission for use TMS and financial support: SH RL YY.