About the Authors

Alexander Maye

Affiliation Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Zentrum für Experimentelle Medizin, Institut für Neurophysiologie und Pathophysiologie, Hamburg, Germany

Chih-hao Hsieh

Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

George Sugihara

Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Björn Brembs

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: bjoern@brembs.net

Affiliation Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Biologie–Neurobiologie, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BB. Performed the experiments: BB. Analyzed the data: BB AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BB GS AM CH. Wrote the paper: BB. Other: Conceived the study, selected the analytical tools, conducted the behavioral experiments: BB. Contributed crucially to the implementation of the S-Map procedure, its interpretation and cross-checked selected results in blind; read and commented on the paper: CH GS. Performed all mathematical analyses and advised B.B. on their selection, read and commented on the paper: AM CH.