About the Authors

Zheng Li

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Joseph E. O'Doherty

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Timothy L. Hanson

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Mikhail A. Lebedev

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Craig S. Henriquez

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke Center for Neuroengineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Miguel A. L. Nicolelis

nicoleli@neuro.duke.edu

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke Center for Neuroengineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience of Natal, Natal, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZL JEO MAL MALN. Performed the experiments: JEO TH. Analyzed the data: ZL. Wrote the paper: ZL JEO TH MAL CH MALN.