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Rolf Zwaan

@rolfzwaan.eurosky.social
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Professor of cognitive psychology, podcaster, author, guitarist, skier. Follow my Substack newsletter Craving Coherence: rolfzwaan.substack.com. Listen to my podcast Research as it Happens: shows.acast.com/research-as-it-happ….

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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 25/07/2026
Looking forward to doing a live version of Research as it Happens. I like doing things I've never done before, and this is one of them.
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 07/07/2026
What's the Flemish word for Schadenfreude?
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 22/06/2026
Episode 5 of Research as it Happens is out. I talk with Anita Eerland about how to replicate a classic experiment when the original videos no longer exist? A conversation about why replication often turns out to be reconstruction. open.acast.com/public/strea...
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 06/07/2026
🎙️ New episode of Research as it Happens! With 71 participating labs, our project has selected a second paradigm to study the misinformation effect. I talk with Sera Wiechert about the classic 1978 study, theory building, and what's next for the project. open.acast.com/public/strea...
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 06/07/2026
🎙️ New episode of Research as it Happens! With 71 participating labs, our project has selected a second paradigm to study the misinformation effect. I talk with Sera Wiechert about the classic 1978 study, theory building, and what's next for the project. open.acast.com/public/strea...
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 22/06/2026
Pet peeve: "principle investigator."
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 22/06/2026
Episode 5 of Research as it Happens is out. I talk with Anita Eerland about how to replicate a classic experiment when the original videos no longer exist? A conversation about why replication often turns out to be reconstruction. open.acast.com/public/strea...
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 16/06/2026
In this excerpt from Episode 3 of Research as it Happens, Elizabeth Loftus discusses a concern she has about replication studies, including our own large-scale replication of one of her classic experiments.
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 16/06/2026
In this excerpt from Episode 3 of Research as it Happens, Elizabeth Loftus discusses a concern she has about replication studies, including our own large-scale replication of one of her classic experiments.
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 08/06/2026
A Episode 4 of Research as it Happens: a deep dive into language and translation as part of our large international replication process. How do you translate “hit” and “smashed” into 18 languages while preserving their psychological impact? shows.acast.com/research-as-....
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In other words | Research as it Happens
A deep dive into language, translation, and replication
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 08/06/2026
A Episode 4 of Research as it Happens: a deep dive into language and translation as part of our large international replication process. How do you translate “hit” and “smashed” into 18 languages while preserving their psychological impact? shows.acast.com/research-as-....
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In other words | Research as it Happens
A deep dive into language, translation, and replication
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 02/06/2026
Why trying to replicate a 50+ year old study feels a bit like looking through a kaleidoscope. rolfzwaan.substack.com/publish/post...
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Replication Through a Kaleidoscope
When people hear that we are conducting a large international replication of the famous Loftus and Palmer (1974) study (see my earlier posts on this topic), they often assume the task is straightforwa...
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 02/06/2026
Why trying to replicate a 50+ year old study feels a bit like looking through a kaleidoscope. rolfzwaan.substack.com/publish/post...
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Replication Through a Kaleidoscope
When people hear that we are conducting a large international replication of the famous Loftus and Palmer (1974) study (see my earlier posts on this topic), they often assume the task is straightforwa...
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 25/05/2026
Episode 3 of Research as it Happens is out. I talk with Elizabeth Loftus about the origins of the classic Loftus & Palmer study, misinformation and memory, and our large international replication project revisiting this work more than 50 years later. open.acast.com/public/strea...
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 25/05/2026
Episode 3 of Research as it Happens is out. I talk with Elizabeth Loftus about the origins of the classic Loftus & Palmer study, misinformation and memory, and our large international replication project revisiting this work more than 50 years later. open.acast.com/public/strea...
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 13/05/2026
Should we boycott researchers in large research projects? In this post I argue we should not. open.substack.com/pub/rolfzwaa...
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Should We Boycott Researchers?
Why excluding scientists on the basis of nationality undermines the very purpose of international science
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 13/05/2026
Should we boycott researchers in large research projects? In this post I argue we should not. open.substack.com/pub/rolfzwaa...
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Should We Boycott Researchers?
Why excluding scientists on the basis of nationality undermines the very purpose of international science
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 11/05/2026
Episode 2 of Research as it Happens is out! I talk with Katja Pronizius @epronizius.bsky.social Pronizius about big team science, and with @Bjørn Sætrevik about roles and credit in large research collaborations. open.acast.com/public/strea...
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 11/05/2026
Episode 2 of Research as it Happens is out! I talk with Katja Pronizius @epronizius.bsky.social Pronizius about big team science, and with @Bjørn Sætrevik about roles and credit in large research collaborations. open.acast.com/public/strea...
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 28/04/2026
Here is why I have started a podcast that takes us inside big team science. open.substack.com/pub/rolfzwaa...
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Research as it Happens — A New Podcast
A behind-the-scenes look at a large-scale research project in psychology
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 28/04/2026
Here is why I have started a podcast that takes us inside big team science. open.substack.com/pub/rolfzwaa...
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Research as it Happens — A New Podcast
A behind-the-scenes look at a large-scale research project in psychology
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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Rolf Zwaan is starting a new podcast 'As it Happens', following a large-scale psychology research project, where labs around the world collaborate to study human memory. (I am one of the collaborators). The first episode is out! shows.acast.com/research-as-...
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Research as it Happens
Listen to episodes and learn more about Research as it Happens. What does science look like while it’s still unfolding?In Research as it Happens, we go inside a large-scale psychology project, where…
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 27/04/2026
I’ve launched a new podcast: Research as it Happens. It follows a large international psychology project that I co-lead—while it’s still unfolding. Check it out at ApplePodcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Or listen to the first episode here: open.acast.com/public/strea...
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 10/03/2026
The Tongariro Alpine Crossing is the most otherworldly beautiful hike that I have ever done.
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 30/01/2026
Glad to have you on board! This will be a large, wide-reaching project. We expect to have all labs signed up by Sunday.
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 19/01/2026
New post: replicating Loftus and Palmer at scale. rolfzwaan.substack.com/p/memory-mis...
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Memory, Misinformation, and Loftus and Palmer, Revisited
A few months ago, I floated a question in a post. Anita Eerland and I had applied for funding for a large-scale replication project. Early reviews of the proposal were very positive, but there was som...
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 19/01/2026
New post: replicating Loftus and Palmer at scale. rolfzwaan.substack.com/p/memory-mis...
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Memory, Misinformation, and Loftus and Palmer, Revisited
A few months ago, I floated a question in a post. Anita Eerland and I had applied for funding for a large-scale replication project. Early reviews of the proposal were very positive, but there was som...
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 22/12/2025
Nu de feestdagen voor de deur staan deze week een herhaling. Ingeluid door een blazersensemble in ons geliefde Bad Kleinkirchheim duiken we in (het begrijpen van) #rituelen en #tradities rondom #feestdagen. Luister hier of via jouw favoriete podcast app. open.acast.com/public/strea...
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 18/12/2025
Delighted to that my grant proposal with Anita Eerland, Verbs and Eyewitness Testimony: A Multilab Registered Replication Report, has been funded by @NWO (Dutch Research Council) through OpenScience.nl. Excited to get started on the project I describe here. rolfzwaan.substack.com/p/memory-mis...
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Memory, Misinformation, and the Need to Replicate
Suppose you and a friend witness a car crash.
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 18/12/2025
Delighted to that my grant proposal with Anita Eerland, Verbs and Eyewitness Testimony: A Multilab Registered Replication Report, has been funded by @NWO (Dutch Research Council) through OpenScience.nl. Excited to get started on the project I describe here. rolfzwaan.substack.com/p/memory-mis...
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Memory, Misinformation, and the Need to Replicate
Suppose you and a friend witness a car crash.
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 17/12/2025
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Stop de Amerikaanse overname DigiD!
Onze privé-gegevens zijn bij overname door een Amerikaans bedrijf niet veilig! Dit lijkt ons niet de veilige manier nu president Trump in Amerika aan het roer staat. Dit kan misgaan! Als de Nederland...
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 10/12/2025
Snelheid en productiviteit zijn de norm. Tegelijk groeit het verlangen naar eenvoud. Waar komt dat vandaan? In de nieuwe Drang naar Samenhang + praktische tips voor een rustiger leven. Te beluisteren via jouw favoriete podcast app of hier: shows.acast.com/drangnaarsam... via @acast
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#143 De psychologie van de eenvoud | Drang naar Samenhang
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 10/12/2025
Snelheid en productiviteit zijn de norm. Tegelijk groeit het verlangen naar eenvoud. Waar komt dat vandaan? In de nieuwe Drang naar Samenhang + praktische tips voor een rustiger leven. Te beluisteren via jouw favoriete podcast app of hier: shows.acast.com/drangnaarsam... via @acast
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#143 De psychologie van de eenvoud | Drang naar Samenhang
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 02/12/2025
My dissertation was published as a book, which was apparently on an allegedly pirated dataset used by Anthropic. It looks like it might make me some money after all this time if this is legit.
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de’on @justkeepskeeting.pro · 25/11/2025
this is mesmerizing
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Niels G. Mede @nielsmede.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Published today: One of the biggest #science #communication studies to date. We asked 71,922 people in 68 countries how they #engage with information about #science and combined the data with several country-level factors: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #OpenAccess
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 09/10/2025
New post: My Parents’ Bookcase. A conference checkbox made me rethink where my academic story really began. rolfzwaan.substack.com/p/my-parents...
A dramatic seascape showing Odysseus’s ship sailing away from the giant Polyphemus, who looms faintly in the misty background.
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 10/10/2025
Somebody posted an article on human-human and human-AI dyads recently. I forgot to mark it and spent the last hour looking for it. I'd much appreciate it if someone could point me to the post or paper. It might be useful for a course I will be teaching.
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 09/10/2025
New post: My Parents’ Bookcase. A conference checkbox made me rethink where my academic story really began. rolfzwaan.substack.com/p/my-parents...
A dramatic seascape showing Odysseus’s ship sailing away from the giant Polyphemus, who looms faintly in the misty background.
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 23/09/2025
Want to become a better speaker? Here are my 15 tips. rolfzwaan.substack.com/p/15-tips-to...
Painting of Cicero orating in the Roman senate.
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 23/09/2025
Want to become a better speaker? Here are my 15 tips. rolfzwaan.substack.com/p/15-tips-to...
Painting of Cicero orating in the Roman senate.
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 16/09/2025
Nieuwe aflevering! Een kijkje in de psychologische keuken. open.acast.com/public/strea...
Aanrijding in de jaren 70 in een mooie Nederlandse buurt.
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 16/09/2025
I somehow cannot get past the second example when trying to read this paper.
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 16/09/2025
Nieuwe aflevering! Een kijkje in de psychologische keuken. open.acast.com/public/strea...
Aanrijding in de jaren 70 in een mooie Nederlandse buurt.
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 12/09/2025
One day later, and we're at 50 labs from 25 countries!
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 11/09/2025
We're now up to 29 labs across 16 countries for our replication project! There is still room for more labs to join us. We are particularly seeking labs capable of testing native English speakers, though all labs are welcome to participate. For more information: rolfzwaan.substack.com/p/memory-mis...
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 11/09/2025
We're now up to 29 labs across 16 countries for our replication project! There is still room for more labs to join us. We are particularly seeking labs capable of testing native English speakers, though all labs are welcome to participate. For more information: rolfzwaan.substack.com/p/memory-mis...
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 10/09/2025
Our proposal clearly resonated with many people. Within 24 hours, 18 labs from 11 countries have expressed an interest in our replication project! But there is still room for additional labs to sign up. rolfzwaan.substack.com/p/memory-mis...
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 08/09/2025
Invitation to a potential replication project. rolfzwaan.substack.com/p/memory-mis...
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Rolf Zwaan @rolfzwaan.eurosky.social · 08/09/2025
Invitation to a potential replication project. rolfzwaan.substack.com/p/memory-mis...
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