About the Authors

Josh Merel

jsmerel@gmail.com

Affiliations Neurobiology and Behavior program, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

David Carlson

Affiliations Department of Statistics, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Grossman Center for the Statistics of Mind, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Liam Paninski

Affiliations Neurobiology and Behavior program, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Statistics, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Grossman Center for the Statistics of Mind, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

John P. Cunningham

Affiliations Neurobiology and Behavior program, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Statistics, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Grossman Center for the Statistics of Mind, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM LP JPC. Performed the experiments: JM. Analyzed the data: JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JM DC LP JPC. Wrote the paper: JM DC LP JPC.