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Recordings from echolocating bat brains have for the first time given researchers a view into how mammals understand 3-D space. By training bats to fly around obstacles in a room, and sit patiently on a platform, a National Science Foundation- funded research team were able to interpret how the animals use echolocation--a high-frequency sound navigation system that bats use to hunt--to sense their environment.
Image credit: Courtesy of Cindy Moss and the Johns Hopkins University Auditory Neuroethology Lab
