Team Measures Neural Activity in Flying Bats

Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 17:09 in Biology & Nature

The question of how animals orient themselves in space has been extensively studied, but only in two-dimensional settings - until now. Weizmann Institute research, conducted with bats wearing purpose-built miniature equipment, reveals for the first time how three-dimensional volumetric space is perceived in the brain.

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