About the Authors

Bahman Nasseroleslami

nasseroleslami@gmail.com, nasserob@tcd.ie

Affiliation Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christopher J. Hasson

Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Dagmar Sternad

Affiliations Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for the Interdisciplinary Research on Complex Systems, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BN DS. Performed the experiments: BN CJH. Analyzed the data: BN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BN CJH DS. Wrote the paper: BN CJH DS. Designed and implemented the virtual environment: DS CJH BN.