About the Authors

Alex Roxin

Affiliations Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Centre de Recerca Matemàtica, Campus de Bellaterra, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

Stefano Fusi

sf2237@columbia.edu

Affiliation Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, Columbia University, 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: AR SF. Analyzed the data: AR SF. Wrote the paper: AR SF. Developed the model: AR SF.