Challenges and promises of big team comparative cognition

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. Freeman, Biljana Gjoneska, Onur Güntürkün, Ludwig Huber, Anastasia Krasheninnikova, Valeria Mazza, Rachael Miller, David Moreau, Christian Nawroth, Ekaterina Pronizius, Susana Ruiz-Fernández, Raoul Schwing, Vedrana Šlipogor, Ingmar Visser, Jennifer Vonk, Justin Yeager, Martin Zettersten and Laurent Prétôt
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Nicolás Alessandroni: Concordia University
Drew Altschul: The University of Edinburgh
Heidi A. Baumgartner: Stanford University
Marina Bazhydai: Lancaster University
Sarah F. Brosnan: Georgia State University
Krista Byers-Heinlein: Concordia University
Josep Call: University of St Andrews
Lars Chittka: Queen Mary University of London
Mahmoud Elsherif: University of Birmingham
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
Rachael Miller: Anglia Ruskin University
David Moreau: University of Auckland
Christian Nawroth: Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology
Ekaterina Pronizius: University of Vienna
Susana Ruiz-Fernández: Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus – Senftenberg
Raoul Schwing: University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Vedrana Šlipogor: University of Lausanne
Ingmar Visser: University of Amsterdam
Jennifer Vonk: Oakland University
Justin Yeager: Universidad de las Américas
Martin Zettersten: University of California San Diego
Laurent Prétôt: Pittsburg State University

Nature Human Behaviour, 2025, vol. 9, issue 2, 240-242

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.

Date: 2025
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