About the Authors

Aram Seddigh

aram.seddigh@su.se

Affiliations Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm School of Economics, Box 6501, SE-11 384, Stockholm, Sweden

Erik Berntson

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden

Loretta G. Platts

Affiliation Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden

Hugo Westerlund

Affiliation Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden

Competing Interests

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Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS EB LP HW. Performed the experiments: AS. Analyzed the data: AS LP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS LP. Wrote the paper: AS EB LP HW.