About the Authors

A. J. K. Phillips

ajphillips@partners.org

Affiliation Division of Sleep Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

B. D. Fulcher

Affiliation Department of Physics, Oxford University, Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

P. A. Robinson

Affiliations School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Brain Dynamics Center, Sydney Medical School - Western, University of Sydney, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, Center for Integrated Research and Understanding of Sleep, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

E. B. Klerman

Affiliation Division of Sleep Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: In 2010–2011, EBK received investigator-initiated research support from Respironics and an unrestricted gift to the BWH from Sony Corporation. In 2011, AJKP consulted for Zeo, Inc.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJKP BDF PAR EBK. Performed the experiments: AJKP. Analyzed the data: AJKP BDF PAR EBK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJKP BDF. Wrote the paper: AJKP BDF PAR EBK.