Challenges and promises of big team comparative cognition
journal contribution
posted on 2025-09-25, 11:00 authored by Nicolás Alessandroni, Drew Altschul, Heidi A Baumgartner, Marina Bazhydai, Sarah F Brosnan, Krista Byers-Heinlein, Josep Call, Lars Chittka, Mahmoud ElsherifMahmoud 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, Laurent PrétôtBig 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.<p></p>
Funding
FRQSC Postdoctoral Fellowship (B3Z, #333109)
British Academy PF20\100086
NSF BCS 2127375
Open Philanthropy
Leverhulme Early-Career Research Fellowship
National Science Foundation Award #2209046
ERC-2020-ADG, AVIAN MIND, LS5, GA No. 101021354
The Sense - Innovation and Research Center Lausanne & Sion (#CFP2023_WLDC), USB Postdoctoral Fellowship
UDLA Grant 483.A.XIV.24
NIH NICHD F32HD110174
K-INBRE P20 GM103418
History
Author affiliation
College of Life Sciences Psychology & Vision SciencesVersion
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