About the Authors

Umberto Esposito

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Michele Giugliano

Affiliations Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Theoretical Neurobiology and Neuroengineering Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium, Laboratory of Neural Microcircuitry, Brain Mind Institute, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Mark van Rossum

Affiliation School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Eleni Vasilaki

e.vasilaki@sheffield.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Theoretical Neurobiology and Neuroengineering Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EV UE. Performed the experiments: UE EV. Analyzed the data: UE EV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MG MvR. Wrote the paper: UE EV. Edited the manuscript: MG MvR.