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Julio Hechavarria

@talking-bat.bsky.social

Prof. for Animal Behavior, Freie Universität Berlin. Brain and Behavior Lab. Interested in Neuroethology, Brain Loops and Acoustic Communication.

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Greg Priest@gregpriest.bsky.social · 2d ago

Donald Griffin, discoverer of bat echolocation, was born OTD 1915. I imagine “small mammals enough like ourselves to feel that I could understand what their lives would be like, and yet different enough to make it a sort of adventure and exploration to see what they were doing.” 🐋🌱🧪 #HistSTM

Fig. 11 from Griffin, Echoes of Bats and Men (1959). “The frequency and wave length of a bat's sound vary during each chirp. This diagram, which is approximately to scale, illustrates the small amount of sound reflected by one insect.”I
Simon Fisher@profsimonfisher.bsky.social · last mo.

25 years ago, we implicated rare variants of the FOXP2 gene in a severe speech disorder. I’ve spent much time stressing that FOXP2, while interesting, is not the mythical “gene for language”. Weirdly, on occasion I also need to explain why it’s not “proof of aliens”. Full disclosure in this 🧵. 1/n 🧪

Promotional poster for the 2026 science fiction film Disclosure Day.
International Society for Neuroethology@neuroethology.org · 2mo ago

Tympanic hearing is the textbook example to explain hearing. But, many tetrapods lack tympanic middle ear systems. Here, it is modelled whether non-tympanic hearing can be explained with sounds inducing head vibrations that are detected by the inner ear. journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

A general mechanism of air-borne hearing in recent and early non-tympanate tetrapods

Tetrapod tympanic hearing probably emerged in the Triassic with independent origins of middle ear structures in each of the major groups, more than 120 Myr after the origin of tetrapods. During this p...

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Julio Hechavarria@talking-bat.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Check out our new paper on how single neurons in the Auditory cortex encode future vocalizations in bats! Really glad to see this out, and big thanks to @susannebabl.bsky.social and Dennis Röhrig

Susanne Babl@susannebabl.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our new paper is now out in @commsbio.nature.com. We recorded in the auditory cortex of actively vocalizing bats and find that neurons encode class and temporal structure of vocalizations before they are produced. 🎤🦇🧠 doi.org/10.1038/s420...

International Society for Neuroethology@neuroethology.org · 3mo ago

Today starts the 3rd "Senses in Motion" 👀👂👃🤚👅🧭 conference on "Sensory Processing in Freely Moving Animals" in the Harnack Haus in Berlin @maxplanck.de organised by @sepikeshavarzi.bsky.social , @petrznam.bsky.social and Jason Kerr @mpinb.mpg.de 🧠🧪 ↘️ sensesinmotion.org ↙️

Senses in Motion: Sensory Processing in Freely Moving Animals

Senses in Motion: Sensory Processing in Freely Moving Animals.

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International Society for Neuroethology@neuroethology.org · 3mo ago

🚨 Nominate a neuroethologist for the Mosaic Prize by May 31! The ISN Mosaic Prize seeks to identify and acknowledge individuals in the neuroethology community for their contribution and commitment to making the research environment more inclusive. For more info: www.neuroethology.org/mosaic-prize/

Mosaic Prize

Supporting young investigators from around the world is essential to maximizing innovation and creativity and to delivering excellence in science. The ISN Mosaic Prize seeks to identify and acknowledg...

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The Observer@theobserveruk.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The prize that could make ‘talking to the animals’ a reality Scientists are decoding the chirps, squeaks and calls of finches, bonobos and more in pursuit of a $10m award aimed at understanding how animals communicate, James Tapper reports https://bit.ly/4nDelSF

The prize that could make ‘talking to the animals’ a reality

Scientists are decoding the chirps, squeaks and calls of finches, bonobos and more in pursuit of a $10m award aimed at understanding how animals communicate

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Julio Hechavarria@talking-bat.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Really interesting study. Aerial hunting in bats without the stereotyped, highly conserved final buzz phase is a big surprise!

AU Bioacoustics@bioacousticsau.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Exciting new insights on #echolocation in #bats 🦇🔉 Mortensen et al. report the first documented case of aerial hawking in bats without the three griffin phases of echolocation, highlighting that a fast-updating buzz is not necessary for aerial prey capture. #bioacoustics doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

International Society for Neuroethology@neuroethology.org · 3mo ago

🗓️‼️Reminder: The deadline for the Assistant Professor position at the University of Puerto Rico is this Thursday. Don’t miss your chance to apply! Details here: sicb.org/jobs-and-fel...

University of Puerto Rico: Assistant Professor - SICB

UNIVERSIDAD DE PUERTO RICO – RECINTO DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS  UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS DECANATO DE ASUNTOS ACADÉMICOS  DEANSHIP OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS FACULTY APPOINTMENT TITLE: ASS...

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International Society for Neuroethology@neuroethology.org · 3mo ago

For echolocation-based orientation, a single call get reflected off many objects. @beetzjerome.bsky.social & @talking-bat.bsky.social show that cortical neurons of 🦇 process echoes of a cascade in a "first come, first served" strategy, intensity-independent. journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

First come, first served: Neuronal processing of multi-echo streams in the auditory cortex of echolocating bats

Echolocating bats emit acoustic pulses that get reflected off objects. The spatial information carried by the echoes enable bats to avoid obstacles in darkness. Usually, every pulse is followed by a c...

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