Erica Kleinknecht
@psychsoundbites.bsky.social
Prf. K | Award winning Prof of Cognitive and Developmental Psych who embraces creativity and the practical application of science. | Aims to increase the representation of modern psych-sci content on social media.
August 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
August 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Sharing inspiration today: this is a beautiful promo of the work that my students Daria, Kaya and Jordhan started in the Psych of Serious Games class last semester. Excited to continue working with Daria on this project! youtu.be/PtsiLhEU0tA
They Made a Board Game to Fight Disability Bias, and It Works
YouTube video by Pacific University
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May 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Sharing inspiration today: this is a beautiful promo of the work that my students Daria, Kaya and Jordhan started in the Psych of Serious Games class last semester. Excited to continue working with Daria on this project! youtu.be/PtsiLhEU0tA
On #InternationalWomensDay, I’d like to share some “everyday” things I suggest to my students, that they can do to push back against implicit sexism and gender bias. How do you help #AccelerateAction ?
March 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
On #InternationalWomensDay, I’d like to share some “everyday” things I suggest to my students, that they can do to push back against implicit sexism and gender bias. How do you help #AccelerateAction ?
Happy #Internationalwomensday. If I were to make a second poster like this, who else should I feature? Name your fav Female Psych-Sci Scholar ☺️
March 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Happy #Internationalwomensday. If I were to make a second poster like this, who else should I feature? Name your fav Female Psych-Sci Scholar ☺️
Tomorrow is #IWD2025. Do you do anything in the spirit of the day? Thought I'd share a little of what I've been doing lately in the hopes that I can help #accelerateaction. ericakleinknechtoshea.substack.com/p/do-you-do-...
Do you do anything for International Women's Day?
My class activity today was brilliant. And super simple.
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March 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Tomorrow is #IWD2025. Do you do anything in the spirit of the day? Thought I'd share a little of what I've been doing lately in the hopes that I can help #accelerateaction. ericakleinknechtoshea.substack.com/p/do-you-do-...
Looking for a distraction from the world at large? I know I am! Today I escaped by gathering my thoughts on P L A Y. What does play look like for you? Love to hear your take on the matter and whether my latest newsletter offered you a new point of view.
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Some thoughts on PLAY
A Wildcard newsletter, where I play a little with both ideas and approach
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January 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Looking for a distraction from the world at large? I know I am! Today I escaped by gathering my thoughts on P L A Y. What does play look like for you? Love to hear your take on the matter and whether my latest newsletter offered you a new point of view.
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Can exposure therapy help more people conquer their fears? Researchers are exploring how it works and how it could benefit a wider range of patients. #MentalHealth #ClinicalPsychology
Exposure Therapy Challenges Patient Expectations
Exposure therapy can help patients conquer their fears, but it isn’t effective for everyone. Researchers are exploring how this powerful intervention works and how it could benefit a wider range of pa...
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December 23, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Can exposure therapy help more people conquer their fears? Researchers are exploring how it works and how it could benefit a wider range of patients. #MentalHealth #ClinicalPsychology
Reposted by Erica Kleinknecht
“The Body Keeps the Score stigmatizes survivors, blames victims, and depoliticizes violence. While masquerading as care for survivors, it creates a hierarchy where marginalized victims are even more marginalized.” My latest, for @motherjones.
www.motherjones.com/media/2024/1...
www.motherjones.com/media/2024/1...
What the most famous book about trauma gets wrong
People kept telling me to read "The Body Keeps the Score." I was shocked at what it actually says.
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December 18, 2024 at 6:58 PM
“The Body Keeps the Score stigmatizes survivors, blames victims, and depoliticizes violence. While masquerading as care for survivors, it creates a hierarchy where marginalized victims are even more marginalized.” My latest, for @motherjones.
www.motherjones.com/media/2024/1...
www.motherjones.com/media/2024/1...
So proud of my students representing our work for 8 hours on the expo floor at the @seattleindies.bsky.social Game-Education Industry Collider last month. Amazing what can happen in just one semester when we harness our creative energy for good! #psychology #games
youtu.be/CGnUJy9uk7E?...
youtu.be/CGnUJy9uk7E?...
Daria Tsybina and Adhya Gowda, Pacific University OR, Seattle Indies & EdTech Games & EDU Collider
YouTube video by Tim Reha
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December 19, 2024 at 6:11 AM
So proud of my students representing our work for 8 hours on the expo floor at the @seattleindies.bsky.social Game-Education Industry Collider last month. Amazing what can happen in just one semester when we harness our creative energy for good! #psychology #games
youtu.be/CGnUJy9uk7E?...
youtu.be/CGnUJy9uk7E?...
I get to do some pretty cool things in the name of "work" from time to time, and the @seattleindies.bsky.social event last month was one of them! Thanks @timreha.bsky.social for capturing the buzz with this fantastic video.
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Tim Reha on LinkedIn: #game #education #industry #collider #about #none #game #designers
Great to have Dr. Erica Kleinknecht O'Shea, Professor at Pacific University Oregon, Portland, OR on the Seattle Indies #Game & #Education #Industry #Collider…
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December 5, 2024 at 12:28 AM
I get to do some pretty cool things in the name of "work" from time to time, and the @seattleindies.bsky.social event last month was one of them! Thanks @timreha.bsky.social for capturing the buzz with this fantastic video.
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Shout-out to my students who completely rocked the expo floor at the @seattleindies.bsky.social Games-Education-Industry-Collider last weekend. We displayed our serious game prototypes and our table buzzed for 8 consecutive hours! Lots of learning and connections made: 10 / 10, highly recommend.
November 24, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Shout-out to my students who completely rocked the expo floor at the @seattleindies.bsky.social Games-Education-Industry-Collider last weekend. We displayed our serious game prototypes and our table buzzed for 8 consecutive hours! Lots of learning and connections made: 10 / 10, highly recommend.
Wrote this piece a year ago but I’m still seeing many convos about human-AI interactions so thought I’d share my take here. What’s YOUR take on whether it matters, how we talk to AI?
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Does the matter, matter?
How should we think about interacting with Robots?
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November 24, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Wrote this piece a year ago but I’m still seeing many convos about human-AI interactions so thought I’d share my take here. What’s YOUR take on whether it matters, how we talk to AI?
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Super excited to bring some of my intrepid game-designing students to this event! If you find yourself there too come visit us in the expo hall where we will be displaying posters of our serious-game concepts and demoing game prototypes.
www.eventbrite.com/e/games-and-...
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Games and Education Industry Collider
Join us for a full day of panels, workshops, and networking, with game developers and educators from the greater Seattle area.
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November 12, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Super excited to bring some of my intrepid game-designing students to this event! If you find yourself there too come visit us in the expo hall where we will be displaying posters of our serious-game concepts and demoing game prototypes.
www.eventbrite.com/e/games-and-...
www.eventbrite.com/e/games-and-...
Curious for a slightly deeper dive into the
Music Perception infographic series I shared last month? Click on over to Substack for more. #psychscisky #psychology #music
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Music Perception infographic series I shared last month? Click on over to Substack for more. #psychscisky #psychology #music
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Wildcard: Why do we love music?
Music perception research offers insight into a fav pastime of mine - is it one of yours, too?
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September 23, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Curious for a slightly deeper dive into the
Music Perception infographic series I shared last month? Click on over to Substack for more. #psychscisky #psychology #music
open.substack.com/pub/ericakle...
Music Perception infographic series I shared last month? Click on over to Substack for more. #psychscisky #psychology #music
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I wish I’d heard this sage advice when I was early-career, so I’m sharing now! I knew “corrective” wasn’t working but it took a brave student to share “How her Eng Prf did it” for me find a different way. I’m now a champion: give Agentic a try. www.scientificamerican.com/article/usef...
Useful Feedback, More Than Praise, Helps Students Flourish
Teacher feedback that gives students options can make them feel empowered
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September 6, 2024 at 2:00 PM
I wish I’d heard this sage advice when I was early-career, so I’m sharing now! I knew “corrective” wasn’t working but it took a brave student to share “How her Eng Prf did it” for me find a different way. I’m now a champion: give Agentic a try. www.scientificamerican.com/article/usef...
#PsychSciSky - calling on Cog Psych / Cog Sci folks: Can you help? I'm looking for an engaging review of human intelligence for an Intro to Cognition class (my text book doesn't include a chap on Intell). Pls share your favs.
August 23, 2024 at 6:31 PM
#PsychSciSky - calling on Cog Psych / Cog Sci folks: Can you help? I'm looking for an engaging review of human intelligence for an Intro to Cognition class (my text book doesn't include a chap on Intell). Pls share your favs.
👋🏻I’ve been here for a couple months now but haven’t said much abt myself yet. I’m starting my 22nd year as a Psych Prf. And am here to connect and share modern psych content. I think we all shld take psych memes more seriously. Click the link for why. #PsychSciSky
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Meme Matters [in Psychology?]
Memes will never convert me: Truth or Fiction?
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August 16, 2024 at 11:07 PM
👋🏻I’ve been here for a couple months now but haven’t said much abt myself yet. I’m starting my 22nd year as a Psych Prf. And am here to connect and share modern psych content. I think we all shld take psych memes more seriously. Click the link for why. #PsychSciSky
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Twenty+ yrs ago I didn’t have a great answer for WHY music was such a powerful memory aid, but I do now, thanks to the rise of Neuro-Music research. Really cool stuff happening in these labs. #Psychology #EduSky #PsychSciSky #Music
August 6, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Twenty+ yrs ago I didn’t have a great answer for WHY music was such a powerful memory aid, but I do now, thanks to the rise of Neuro-Music research. Really cool stuff happening in these labs. #Psychology #EduSky #PsychSciSky #Music
💙📚 In my Cognitive Development class students author children’s books designed to promote DEI & they share the stories+bonus content on websites. Today I want to share Alex’s website+story called Cora’s Crystal Ball. Check it out and 🙏let me know what you think!
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[PSY353F22] - [Alex]
Narrative is a powerful learning tool that can be used to fight the formation of bias in children at an early age. This page is designed to give caregivers and teachers direction in how they can help ...
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July 30, 2024 at 10:11 PM
💙📚 In my Cognitive Development class students author children’s books designed to promote DEI & they share the stories+bonus content on websites. Today I want to share Alex’s website+story called Cora’s Crystal Ball. Check it out and 🙏let me know what you think!
sites.google.com/pacificu.edu...
sites.google.com/pacificu.edu...
My mission to help folks use #Psychology for good extends out into all my classes. In the video here I discuss with CivicSciTV host Diya D. how I do this in my Cog-Dev class (spoiler: students author children's books as a means of promoting DEI). #EduSky #PsychSciSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvs8...
Psychology Prof: How subtle changes in educator language can drive inclusion & engagement in science
In this episode of CivicSciTV’s “The Civic Science Perspective,” host Diya Dwarakanath explores cognitive psychology with Professor Erica Kleinknecht O’Shea ...
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July 29, 2024 at 7:30 PM
My mission to help folks use #Psychology for good extends out into all my classes. In the video here I discuss with CivicSciTV host Diya D. how I do this in my Cog-Dev class (spoiler: students author children's books as a means of promoting DEI). #EduSky #PsychSciSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvs8...
Im prepping a new class on Psych, Games, & Social Justice and am reading a lot abt games and learning. Gamification tends to get more press, but digital-game-based-learning offers greater benefit. See the full set of 6 slides for more. ❤️ the mini lesson? 🙏share! #psychology #EduSky #PsychSciSky
July 17, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Im prepping a new class on Psych, Games, & Social Justice and am reading a lot abt games and learning. Gamification tends to get more press, but digital-game-based-learning offers greater benefit. See the full set of 6 slides for more. ❤️ the mini lesson? 🙏share! #psychology #EduSky #PsychSciSky
Memory processes aren’t really magic, but they are transformations! I like the Dynamic Systems Theory language of making something more - memory - from something less - electrical + chemical activity in the brain. It’s remarkable that neurons firing creates mental time travel! #PsychSciSky #Memory
July 12, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Memory processes aren’t really magic, but they are transformations! I like the Dynamic Systems Theory language of making something more - memory - from something less - electrical + chemical activity in the brain. It’s remarkable that neurons firing creates mental time travel! #PsychSciSky #Memory
I’m grateful for you - a social media visitor who paused to scroll, like, and maybe even share! What are you grateful for? While there are many things in life we can’t control, there are some that we can ❤️. Seeking a kernel of positivity in yourself and others is one of them. #psychology #grateful
July 9, 2024 at 6:15 PM
I’m grateful for you - a social media visitor who paused to scroll, like, and maybe even share! What are you grateful for? While there are many things in life we can’t control, there are some that we can ❤️. Seeking a kernel of positivity in yourself and others is one of them. #psychology #grateful
Reposted by Erica Kleinknecht
There's a huge range in how people experience their "inner voice." (But people assume everybody else's is like their own.) 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/not-...
Not Everyone Has an Inner Voice Streaming Through Their Head
The extent to which people experience “inner speech” varies greatly, and the differences matter for performing certain cognitive tasks
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July 8, 2024 at 4:48 PM
There's a huge range in how people experience their "inner voice." (But people assume everybody else's is like their own.) 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/not-...