About the Authors

Joel Z. Leibo

jzleibo@mit.edu

Affiliations Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Qianli Liao

Affiliations Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Fabio Anselmi

Affiliations Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy

Tomaso Poggio

Affiliations Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JZL QL FA TP. Performed the experiments: JZL QL. Analyzed the data: JZL QL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JZL QL FA TP. Wrote the paper: JZL QL FA TP.