Bats

Bats, like all mammals, rely on the identification of regulations and deviations in their acoustic environment. This phenomenon, called deviance detection, has been studied intensively in the past and keeps gaining attention in the field of electrophysiology. Over time, an impressive complexity of deviance detection could be shown, in both animal and human studies. However, complex forms of auditory deviance detection were so far only demonstrated for high-level brain structures. Here, we used a naturalistic acoustic stimulation protocol to demonstrate that complex deviance detection already h

…Bats, known for their complex vocal repertoire and learning capabilities, engage in rapid vocal exchanges, posing a challenge for real-time analysis and interaction. Our research aimed to develop an automated MATLAB® based tool that lev

…a bat cave for a colony of 5–10 bats of both sexes. The bats lived there 24×7, free to engage in any behaviors. Every day we conducted a ~3 hour experimental session,

Bats are extreme aviators and amazing navigators. Many bat species nightly commute dozens of kilometres in search of food, and some bat species annually migrate over thousands of kilometres. Studying bats in their natural environment has always been extremely challenging because of their small size (mostly <50 gr) and agile nature. We have recently developed novel miniature technology allowing us to GPS-tag small bats, thus opening a new window to document their behaviour in the wild. We have used this technology to track fruit-bats pups over 5 months from birth to adulthood. Following the bat

…we recorded MEC cells in freely-flying bats and found several classes of spatial neurons, including 3D border cells, 3D head-direction cells, and neurons with multiple 3D firing-fields. Man

Bats are extreme aviators and amazing navigators. Many bat species nightly com-mute dozens of kilometres in search of food, and some bat species annually migrate over thousands of kilometres. Studying bats in their natural environment has al-ways been extremely challenging because of their small size (mostly <50 gr) and agile nature. We have recently developed novel miniature technology allowing us to GPS-tag small bats, thus opening a new window to document their behaviour in the wild. We have used this technology to track fruit-bats pups over 5 months from birth to adulthood. Following the b