Humans can be trained to use echolocation to estimate the sizes of enclosed spaces. Researchers now show that the learning process involves close coordination between sensory and motor cortex. Humans ...

Bats and dolphins aren’t the only animals that can use echolocation to detect objects in their environments. Humans can use echolocation too, and it’s a game-changer for people who are blind. On ...

Stifled is an upcoming first-person horror game from Singapore-based studio Gattai Games. Heavily featured at this year’s Gamescom, in no small part thanks to their partnership with Sony Interactive ...

Whales use a combination of rapid echolocation adjustments and nimble brain responses to zero in on fast-moving prey, suggests a new study. Whales use a combination of rapid echolocation adjustments ...

Human echolocation refers to the remarkable ability of some individuals to utilise self-generated sounds – typically mouth clicks – and interpret the returning echoes to derive detailed spatial ...

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A Canadian neuroscientist has demonstrated that blind people can use echolocation to compensate for their absent sight, using sound to determine the proximity, shape, density, and texture of an object ...

Bats are nocturnal hunters and use echolocation to orientate themselves by emitting high-frequency ultrasonic sounds in rapid succession and evaluating the calls’ reflections. Yet, they have retained ...

Daniel Kish is blind. But he navigates the world by issuing a stream of clicks from his mouth and then listening as the sound of the clicks echoes off buildings, objects, even landscaping to create a ...

Could bats' cave-dwelling nocturnal habits over eons enhanced their echolocation acoustic abilities, but also spurred their loss of vision? A new study led by Bruno Simões, Emma Teeling and colleagues ...

It's a beautiful afternoon in the hills of Mission Viejo. A light breeze provides relief from the high sun and cools my already moist face. The sound of birds mixes with the breeze rushing through the ...