The Future of Comparative Cognition: Answering Developmental Questions with Big Team Science.

I argue that the future of comparative cognition is not what we study but how we study it. I suggest that future scientists should ask questions from a developmental framework. I review common challenges in longitudinal research that scientists in comparative cognition encounter. Leveraging emerging large-scale collaborations within and across taxa (i.e., big team science) can enable us to overcome these challenges to answer how cognitive abilities develop. This appeal for a developmental lens will facilitate interdisciplinary discussion in comparative cognition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]