Cognition and Behavior

Neuroscientists studying bat brains found that sound categorization happens earlier than expected—in the midbrain, not the auditory cortex. Using two-photon imaging, they discovered that the DCIC region classifies vocalizations based on meaning, not just frequency. Neurons responded in an all-or-nothing way to social vs. navigational calls, revealing an efficient, early-stage decoding system. Bats are redefining how we understand auditory processing.

The Impact of Microgravity and Cosmic Radiation on the Brain

Our brain instantly rearranges our tasks with solutions similar to parallel processing in computers. Alan Turing imagined computers as imitations of the brain, and he might have been right.