About the Authors

Shaul Druckmann

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Center for Neural Computation, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences and Department of Neurobiology, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

Thomas K. Berger

Affiliation Brain Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

Felix Schürmann

Affiliation Brain Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

Sean Hill

Affiliation Brain Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

Henry Markram

Affiliation Brain Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

Idan Segev

idan@lobster.ls.huji.ac.il

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Center for Neural Computation, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences and Department of Neurobiology, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SD TKB IS. Performed the experiments: SD TKB. Analyzed the data: SD TKB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FS SH HM. Wrote the paper: SD IS. Provided conceptual advice during the study and feedback during preparation of the manuscript: FS SH.