About the Authors

Gustavo Saposnik

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Decision Neuroscience Unit, Li Ka Shing Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Laboratory for Social and Neural Systems Research, Department of Economics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Beatriz Del Río

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain

Guillermo Bueno-Gil

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Department, Roche Pharma, Madrid, Spain

Ángel P. Sempere

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain

Alejandro Lendínez-Mesa

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Nursing, School of Medicine, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Madrid, Spain, Spanish Society of Neurology Nursing (SEDENE), Madrid, Spain

Alfredo Rodríguez-Antigüedad

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Cruces, Bilbao, Spain

María Terzaghi

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Decision Neuroscience Unit, Li Ka Shing Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Nicolás Medrano

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Department, Roche Pharma, Madrid, Spain

Jorge Maurino

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

jorge.maurino@roche.com

Affiliation Medical Department, Roche Pharma, Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

This study was funded by the Medical Department of Roche Farma Spain (SL42129). This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Gustavo Saposnik is being supported by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Scientist Award following a peer-reviewed competition and reported receiving unrestricted grants and personal fees from Hoffman La Roche (Canada) and Roche Pharma (Spain). Angel Pérez Sempere received personal compensation for consulting, serving on a scientific advisory board or speaking with Almirall, Biogen Idec, Bayer Schering Pharma, Merck Serono, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi-Aventis, and Teva. Guillermo Bueno-Gil, Nicolas Medrano, and Jorge Maurino are employees of Roche Farma Spain. Beatriz Del Río, Alejandro Lendínez Mesa, Alfredo Rodríguez Antigüedad, and María Terzaghi declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.