About the Authors

Shuo Wang

Affiliation Computation and Neural Systems, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America

Masaki Fukuchi

Affiliations Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America, System and Software Platform, Sony Corporation, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Christof Koch

Affiliations Computation and Neural Systems, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America, Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Naotsugu Tsuchiya

naotsugu.tsuchiya@monash.edu

Affiliations Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America, Decoding and Controlling Brain Information, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Wako-shi, Saitama, Japan, School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: MF is an employee of the Sony Corporation. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SW MF CK NT. Performed the experiments: SW MF NT. Analyzed the data: SW MF NT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SW MF NT. Wrote the paper: SW MF CK NT. Initiated the project and conducted several pilot experiments: MF CK.