About the Authors

Simon Sponberg

Sponberg@gatech.edu

Current address: School of Physics & School of Applied Physiology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Biology, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Thomas L. Daniel

Affiliations Department of Biology, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Institute for Neuroengineering, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Program in Neuroscience, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Adrienne L. Fairhall

Affiliations Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Institute for Neuroengineering, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Program in Neuroscience, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS TLD ALF. Performed the experiments: SS. Analyzed the data: SS TLD ALF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS TLD ALF. Wrote the paper: SS TLD ALF.