About the Authors

Hideaki Shimazaki

shimazaki@brain.riken.jp

Affiliation RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako-shi, Saitama, Japan

Shun-ichi Amari

Affiliation RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako-shi, Saitama, Japan

Emery N. Brown

Affiliations Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sonja Grün

Affiliations RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako-shi, Saitama, Japan, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-6), Computational and Systems Neuroscience, Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany, Theoretical Systems Neurobiology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HS SA ENB SG. Performed the experiments: HS SG. Analyzed the data: HS SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HS SG. Wrote the paper: HS SA ENB SG.