About the Authors

Daniel Kaping

Affiliations Department of Biology, Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Martin Vinck

Affiliation Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience Group, Center for Neuroscience, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

R. Matthew Hutchison

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Stefan Everling

Affiliations Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada

Thilo Womelsdorf

thiwom@yorku.ca

Affiliations Department of Biology, Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

The author(s) have made the following declarations about their contributions: Conceived and designed the experiments: TW. Performed the experiments: DK TW. Analyzed the data: DK MV TW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MV TW. Wrote the paper: DK MV TW. Preparation of animals and experimental set-up: SE TW. Anatomical reconstruction: RMH DK TW.