We are studying the mechanism underlying collective behavior from the perspective of active metaphysics and neuroscience. In the research field of collective behavior, experimental system has been established using non-living things and at the cellular level. However, it remains still challenging to design the animal-level experimental system to study the collective behavior in the laboratory.
We successfully reconstructed the collective behavior with traditionally used model animal, nematode C.elegans. This system make it possible to control the parameter with mathematical model proposed for animals'collective behavior, and studies the neuromechanism underlying collective behavior using molecular genetics.
