diff --git a/cebra/datasets/synthetic_data.py b/cebra/datasets/synthetic_data.py
index 9288a93..4f67559 100644
--- a/cebra/datasets/synthetic_data.py
+++ b/cebra/datasets/synthetic_data.py
@@ -112,6 +112,25 @@ def __init__(self, name, root=_DEFAULT_DATADIR, download=True):
         self.index = self.data['u']
         self.lam = self.data['lam']
 
+
+    def split(self, split):
+        tot_len = len(self.neural)
+        train_idx = np.arange(tot_len)[:int(tot_len*0.8)]
+        valid_idx = np.arange(tot_len)[int(tot_len*0.8):]
+        
+        if split == 'train':
+            self.neural = self.neural[train_idx]
+            self.index = self.index[train_idx]
+            self.idx = train_idx
+        elif split == 'valid':
+            self.neural = self.neural[valid_idx]
+            self.index = self.index[valid_idx]
+            self.idx = valid_idx
+        elif split == 'all':
+            pass
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f"{split} not supported")
+
     @property
     def input_dimension(self):
         return self.neural.size(1)