Weizmann Institute research into mouse social behavior finds
signs of leadership and reveals “autistic” mouse society
How does a social animal – mouse or human – gain dominance
over his or her fellow creatures? A unique experiment conducted by Dr. Tali
Kimchi and her team in the Weizmann Institute’s Neurobiology Department
provides some unusual insight into the social behavior that enables a social
hierarchy, complete with a head honcho, to form.