About the Authors

Yoram Burak

yburak@fas.harvard.edu

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

Ila R. Fiete

Affiliations Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, Computation and Neural Systems, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: YB IRF. Wrote the paper: YB IRF. Developed the model: YB IRF. Performed the simulations: YB IRF.