Rhythmic neural signals determine the sounds that bats make (IMAGE)

Goethe University Frankfurt

Rhythmic neural signals determine the sounds that bats make

Caption

The image shows that different vocalization-related neural signals occurring across frontal cortex laminae (left) precede the two types of sounds (right) uttered by bats (species: Carollia perspicillata). The sounds are shown as color-coded time-frequency representations. One example social call is shown in the top right and one example echolocation call in the bottom right.

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Julio C. Hechavarria, Goethe University Frankfurt

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