About the Authors

Baktash Babadi

bb2280@columbia.edu

Affiliation Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

L. F. Abbott

Affiliations Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BB LFA. Performed the experiments: BB LFA. Analyzed the data: BB LFA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BB LFA. Wrote the paper: BB LFA.