About the Authors

Paula D. Mullins

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Vladimir E. Bondarenko

vbondarenko@gsu.edu

Affiliations Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

V. E. Bondarenko is an Editor for PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

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