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A.2 Neuron Parameters The LIF neuron parameters we used in all networks are shown in Table S1. Data points are averaged over 10 random networks. Here, we provide evidence suggesting that NALSM's slightly super-critical branching dynamics (Figure 1) corresponded to the edge-of-chaos. We used three different methods to evaluate E/I balance. Data points are averaged over 100 MNIST input samples.