>Makes me think of spatial audio, echolocation, our sense of balance, all these forms of intelligence that rely on understanding space. These are all brainstem

>Makes me think of spatial audio, echolocation, our sense of balance, all these forms of intelligence that rely on understanding space. These are all brainstem functions. No cortex required! Binaural hearing is basically sorted out by the time you hit thalamus, and most of the heavy lifting is done in the inferior colliculus, medial superior olive and dorsal cochlear nucleus.