Beyond WEIRD humans and STRANGE dogs: Using big team science to improve generalizability and reproducibility in comparative psychology.

The article focuses on challenges in canine science, a field studying dogs as a species adapted to live alongside humans, highlighting issues of limited representativeness and generalizability in current research. It notes that most studies sample populations from the Global North, characterized by WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) attributes and STRANGE (Social, Trained, and Reared in Abnormal, Non-natural, or Group Environments) factors, which restricts the applicability of findings globally. The article suggests that big team science and collaboration with researchers in the Global South can help address these biases by promoting inclusiveness and diverse perspectives. This summary is based on a preprint that has not yet undergone peer review. [Extracted from the article]