About the Authors

Naotsugu Tsuchiya

Contributed equally to this work with: Naotsugu Tsuchiya, Hiroto Kawasaki

naotsu@gmail.com

Affiliation Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech, Pasadena, California, United States of America

Hiroto Kawasaki

Contributed equally to this work with: Naotsugu Tsuchiya, Hiroto Kawasaki

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Hiroyuki Oya

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Matthew A. Howard III

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Ralph Adolphs

Affiliations Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech, Pasadena, California, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Division of Biology, Caltech, Pasadena, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HK RA. Performed the experiments: HK. Analyzed the data: NT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NT. Wrote the paper: NT HK RA. Initial data analyses: HK. Performed anatomical localization of the electrodes: HO. Performed the neurosurgery and oversaw all recordings: MAH.