Gary Berntson is Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Pediatrics at Ohio State University where he is a principle researcher and faculty member in behavioral neuroscience program. He has published widely in journals and books on social, biological, and neurological psychology.

John Cacioppo is the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. He serves as the Director of the Social Psychology Program and the co-Director of the Institute for Mind and Biology at The University of Chicago. He specializes in social neuroscience, affect and emotion, attitudes, persuasion & prejudice, and social connectedness and health.