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This shows a person in a dark room and golden sound waves.

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·April 6, 2026·6 min read

The Brain Stacks Sound Information to Navigate the Dark

A new study reveals that the brain "builds" spatial maps through a process of information summation during echolocation. Researchers found that expert echolocators improve their accuracy with every additional mouth click.

Image shows a diagram of the acoustic pattern of mouth clicks for human echolocation.

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·September 3, 2017·4 min read

Mouth Clicks Used in Human Echolocation Captured in Unprecedented Detail

Researchers have investigated the mouth clicks in human echolocation. They hope to use synthetic human clicks to investigate how sounds can reveal the physical features of an object.