About the Authors

Yoram Burak

Affiliations Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Boris I. Shraiman

shraiman@kitp.ucsb.edu

Affiliations Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: YB BIS. Performed the simulations: YB. Developed the model and the theory: YB BIS.