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Challenges and promises of big team comparative cognition

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  • Nicolás Alessandroni

    (Concordia University)

  • Drew Altschul

    (The University of Edinburgh
    Newcastle University)

  • Heidi A. Baumgartner

    (Stanford University)

  • Marina Bazhydai

    (Lancaster University)

  • Sarah F. Brosnan

    (Georgia State University
    MD Anderson Cancer Center)

  • Krista Byers-Heinlein

    (Concordia University)

  • Josep Call

    (University of St Andrews)

  • Lars Chittka

    (Queen Mary University of London)

  • Mahmoud Elsherif

    (University of Birmingham
    University of Leicester)

  • Julia Espinosa

    (Harvard University)

  • Marianne S. Freeman

    (University Centre Sparsholt)

  • Biljana Gjoneska

    (Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts)

  • Onur Güntürkün

    (Ruhr University Bochum)

  • Ludwig Huber

    (University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)

  • Anastasia Krasheninnikova

    (Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence)

  • Valeria Mazza

    (University of Tuscia
    University of Potsdam)

  • Rachael Miller

    (Anglia Ruskin University
    University of Cambridge)

  • David Moreau

    (University of Auckland)

  • Christian Nawroth

    (Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology)

  • Ekaterina Pronizius

    (University of Vienna
    UCLouvain)

  • Susana Ruiz-Fernández

    (Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus – Senftenberg)

  • Raoul Schwing

    (University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)

  • Vedrana Šlipogor

    (University of Lausanne
    The Sense Innovation and Research Center, Lausanne and Sion
    University of South Bohemia)

  • Ingmar Visser

    (University of Amsterdam)

  • Jennifer Vonk

    (Oakland University)

  • Justin Yeager

    (Universidad de las Américas)

  • Martin Zettersten

    (University of California San Diego
    Princeton University)

  • Laurent Prétôt

    (Pittsburg State University)

Abstract

Big team science has the potential to reshape comparative cognition research, but its implementation — especially in making fair comparisons between species, handling multisite variation and reaching researcher consensus — poses daunting challenges. Here, we propose solutions and discuss how big team science can transform the field.

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  • Nicolás Alessandroni & Drew Altschul & Heidi A. Baumgartner & Marina Bazhydai & Sarah F. Brosnan & Krista Byers-Heinlein & Josep Call & Lars Chittka & Mahmoud Elsherif & Julia Espinosa & Marianne S. F, 2025. "Challenges and promises of big team comparative cognition," Nature Human Behaviour, Nature, vol. 9(2), pages 240-242, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nathum:v:9:y:2025:i:2:d:10.1038_s41562-024-02081-6
    DOI: 10.1038/s41562-024-02081-6
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