Kyle Nolla
@drpiggyphd.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Psychology at Morgan State University • previously Northwestern University • they/she 🏳️🌈• 🇵🇷🇲🇽🇺🇸 • I study games/esports, social identity, gambling, skill acquisition, emotion regulation, digital health
*The views I express are my own.*
*The views I express are my own.*
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Kyle Nolla
@drpiggyphd.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Hi everyone. I’m Kyle (they/she).
I’m a psychology professor and I research how and why people get good at video games.
I’m a big nerd - video gaming, TTRPGs, anime. I’m also an artist & actor.
I’m nonbinary. I’m a white Latine. I teach at an HBCU.
I hope I can find likeminded folks here!
I’m a psychology professor and I research how and why people get good at video games.
I’m a big nerd - video gaming, TTRPGs, anime. I’m also an artist & actor.
I’m nonbinary. I’m a white Latine. I teach at an HBCU.
I hope I can find likeminded folks here!
_*~RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY~*_
Attending Supernova this week? Stop by the research table in the tournament room to participate in paid research on gaming!
We’re offering a variety of studies for everyone - some are limited to tournament entrants & Top 100 players.
Attending Supernova this week? Stop by the research table in the tournament room to participate in paid research on gaming!
We’re offering a variety of studies for everyone - some are limited to tournament entrants & Top 100 players.
August 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
_*~RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY~*_
Attending Supernova this week? Stop by the research table in the tournament room to participate in paid research on gaming!
We’re offering a variety of studies for everyone - some are limited to tournament entrants & Top 100 players.
Attending Supernova this week? Stop by the research table in the tournament room to participate in paid research on gaming!
We’re offering a variety of studies for everyone - some are limited to tournament entrants & Top 100 players.
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🆕 RESEARCH: Not all kids respond to early adversity the same way. We examined data from ~7,400 children for 4 years and found something notable about positive emotions & mental health outcomes...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A thread 🧵 #MentalHealth #ChildDevelopment #Resilience /1
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A thread 🧵 #MentalHealth #ChildDevelopment #Resilience /1
Positive Affect as a Developmental Mediator of Early Adversity and Internalizing Psychopathology
Early life adversities (ELAs) including experiences such as abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction are strongly linked to psychopathology; yet, the developmental pathways connecting ELA to external...
doi.org
August 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🆕 RESEARCH: Not all kids respond to early adversity the same way. We examined data from ~7,400 children for 4 years and found something notable about positive emotions & mental health outcomes...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A thread 🧵 #MentalHealth #ChildDevelopment #Resilience /1
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A thread 🧵 #MentalHealth #ChildDevelopment #Resilience /1
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🚨 PostDoc Opening 🚨 The lab of Klaus Oberauer is looking for a new postdoc, starting end of this/beginning next year. Research focus is #cognition, #workingmemory, #methods and #computationalmodeling or anything in that direction. I cannot highlight ENOUGH how great it is to work in this lab 🥰🤓
August 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🚨 PostDoc Opening 🚨 The lab of Klaus Oberauer is looking for a new postdoc, starting end of this/beginning next year. Research focus is #cognition, #workingmemory, #methods and #computationalmodeling or anything in that direction. I cannot highlight ENOUGH how great it is to work in this lab 🥰🤓
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President Donald Trump has affirmed the importance of HBCUs, and the schools have not faced the kind of pressures that have rocked Ivy League schools Trump has blasted as hotbeds of "wokeness" and antisemitism.
But that is not to say it's a comfortable time for HBCUs' leaders.
But that is not to say it's a comfortable time for HBCUs' leaders.
HBCUs depend on federal funding. Their leaders are walking a tightrope on Trump's DEI attacks
President Donald Trump has affirmed the importance of historically Black colleges and universities, and the schools have not faced the kind of pressures that have rocked Ivy League schools Trump has blasted as hotbeds of “wokeness” and antisemitism.
bit.ly
June 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
President Donald Trump has affirmed the importance of HBCUs, and the schools have not faced the kind of pressures that have rocked Ivy League schools Trump has blasted as hotbeds of "wokeness" and antisemitism.
But that is not to say it's a comfortable time for HBCUs' leaders.
But that is not to say it's a comfortable time for HBCUs' leaders.
I’m gonna get a repetitive stress injury from these Fantasy Life minigames 🥲 but the game makes me want to craft just one more thing (…x10)
June 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I’m gonna get a repetitive stress injury from these Fantasy Life minigames 🥲 but the game makes me want to craft just one more thing (…x10)
Gamified self-care app has kept me coming back
May 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Gamified self-care app has kept me coming back
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What if #Pokemon and #AnimalCrossing had a crossover game? #24 🤎
May 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
What if #Pokemon and #AnimalCrossing had a crossover game? #24 🤎
Almost 8 months since my Mom died suddenly.
I’m discovering that grief shifts shape and finds new forms that hurt in new ways.
I don’t post much these days. So much feels trivial in comparison to the grief.
One day I’ll feel like a person again. I hope the world hasn’t burned by then.
I’m discovering that grief shifts shape and finds new forms that hurt in new ways.
I don’t post much these days. So much feels trivial in comparison to the grief.
One day I’ll feel like a person again. I hope the world hasn’t burned by then.
April 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Almost 8 months since my Mom died suddenly.
I’m discovering that grief shifts shape and finds new forms that hurt in new ways.
I don’t post much these days. So much feels trivial in comparison to the grief.
One day I’ll feel like a person again. I hope the world hasn’t burned by then.
I’m discovering that grief shifts shape and finds new forms that hurt in new ways.
I don’t post much these days. So much feels trivial in comparison to the grief.
One day I’ll feel like a person again. I hope the world hasn’t burned by then.
I started playing the mobile Pokèmon trading card game - add me!
I am looking for a Magneton rn
I am looking for a Magneton rn
March 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I started playing the mobile Pokèmon trading card game - add me!
I am looking for a Magneton rn
I am looking for a Magneton rn
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I mean… Yeah. Yeah they do. For entirely known and warned-about reasons. Yes.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
AI models miss disease in Black and female patients
Analysis of chest x-rays underscores need for monitoring artificial intelligence tools for bias, experts say
www.science.org
March 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I mean… Yeah. Yeah they do. For entirely known and warned-about reasons. Yes.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
It’s been a tough day. A tough week even. Which is sad because it’s spring break and I wanted to rest/recover.
I’m thinking I need to book a summer vacation so I don’t accidentally schedule myself out of a summer break too. But feeling nervous about travel as a NB person. 😩
open to suggestions!
I’m thinking I need to book a summer vacation so I don’t accidentally schedule myself out of a summer break too. But feeling nervous about travel as a NB person. 😩
open to suggestions!
March 20, 2025 at 2:56 AM
It’s been a tough day. A tough week even. Which is sad because it’s spring break and I wanted to rest/recover.
I’m thinking I need to book a summer vacation so I don’t accidentally schedule myself out of a summer break too. But feeling nervous about travel as a NB person. 😩
open to suggestions!
I’m thinking I need to book a summer vacation so I don’t accidentally schedule myself out of a summer break too. But feeling nervous about travel as a NB person. 😩
open to suggestions!
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Are you doing EMA research and wonder how to go about it? In recent work we've adressed some open questions and challenges, here is a brief summary of papers and materials.
🧵 #PsychSciSky 🧪 #StatsSky
🧵 #PsychSciSky 🧪 #StatsSky
March 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Are you doing EMA research and wonder how to go about it? In recent work we've adressed some open questions and challenges, here is a brief summary of papers and materials.
🧵 #PsychSciSky 🧪 #StatsSky
🧵 #PsychSciSky 🧪 #StatsSky
I know I’m a weirdo for loving Peeps - yes the sugared marshmallows
- but has anyone else noticed they’re having A Moment™️this year? High quality jewelry, a luxury purse from Betsy Johnson, and I found a 4’ tall plush grocery shopping today. What is going on?? (I am mildly pleased but mystified)
- but has anyone else noticed they’re having A Moment™️this year? High quality jewelry, a luxury purse from Betsy Johnson, and I found a 4’ tall plush grocery shopping today. What is going on?? (I am mildly pleased but mystified)
March 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I know I’m a weirdo for loving Peeps - yes the sugared marshmallows
- but has anyone else noticed they’re having A Moment™️this year? High quality jewelry, a luxury purse from Betsy Johnson, and I found a 4’ tall plush grocery shopping today. What is going on?? (I am mildly pleased but mystified)
- but has anyone else noticed they’re having A Moment™️this year? High quality jewelry, a luxury purse from Betsy Johnson, and I found a 4’ tall plush grocery shopping today. What is going on?? (I am mildly pleased but mystified)
At a conference in NYC with a hotel in the theater district. Bought a last-minute single ticket in the orchestra section to my first Broadway musical :) Gotta try to find joy where I can.
March 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
At a conference in NYC with a hotel in the theater district. Bought a last-minute single ticket in the orchestra section to my first Broadway musical :) Gotta try to find joy where I can.
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🚨 ATTENTION QUEER and/or POC INDIE GAME DEVS 🚨
hi, i'm sharpie: one of the two hosts at @gdocexpo.com
i get the opportunity to interview A LOT of game devs and this year, i want to interview YOU !!
do you have a game you're working on or have recently finished? post it below for me pls !!
hi, i'm sharpie: one of the two hosts at @gdocexpo.com
i get the opportunity to interview A LOT of game devs and this year, i want to interview YOU !!
do you have a game you're working on or have recently finished? post it below for me pls !!
March 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🚨 ATTENTION QUEER and/or POC INDIE GAME DEVS 🚨
hi, i'm sharpie: one of the two hosts at @gdocexpo.com
i get the opportunity to interview A LOT of game devs and this year, i want to interview YOU !!
do you have a game you're working on or have recently finished? post it below for me pls !!
hi, i'm sharpie: one of the two hosts at @gdocexpo.com
i get the opportunity to interview A LOT of game devs and this year, i want to interview YOU !!
do you have a game you're working on or have recently finished? post it below for me pls !!
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I currently have two fully-funded PhD opportunities in my lab - both providing a chance to work on the incredible LEAF data set that we have been collecting the last couple of years (220 children followed longitudinally from 10-30 months on measures of attention and early EF). Please share!
March 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I currently have two fully-funded PhD opportunities in my lab - both providing a chance to work on the incredible LEAF data set that we have been collecting the last couple of years (220 children followed longitudinally from 10-30 months on measures of attention and early EF). Please share!
mood
February 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
mood
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Trump Tracker: Firings, lawsuits, and U.S. science in chaos | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump Tracker: Firings, lawsuits, and U.S. science in chaos
Follow President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally
www.science.org
February 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Trump Tracker: Firings, lawsuits, and U.S. science in chaos | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Submitted a paper involving health disparities earlier this week and no, I did not edit out “forbidden” terms. #DoNotObeyInAdvance #DEIBelongsInHealth
February 20, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Submitted a paper involving health disparities earlier this week and no, I did not edit out “forbidden” terms. #DoNotObeyInAdvance #DEIBelongsInHealth
This was my first scientific publication. So happy when I see it discussed.
I hope that we can find ways to keep doing important work like this.
I hope that we can find ways to keep doing important work like this.
When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018.
Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: https://scim.ag/4hOUuvx
Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: https://scim.ag/4hOUuvx
February 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This was my first scientific publication. So happy when I see it discussed.
I hope that we can find ways to keep doing important work like this.
I hope that we can find ways to keep doing important work like this.
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
open.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
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Here it is. SSBMRank concludes with the 10 best Melee players of 2024!
Who will be #1? Find out through the link below, and thanks again to The Yard for supporting SSBMRank 2024!
start.gg/SSBMRank
Who will be #1? Find out through the link below, and thanks again to The Yard for supporting SSBMRank 2024!
start.gg/SSBMRank
January 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Here it is. SSBMRank concludes with the 10 best Melee players of 2024!
Who will be #1? Find out through the link below, and thanks again to The Yard for supporting SSBMRank 2024!
start.gg/SSBMRank
Who will be #1? Find out through the link below, and thanks again to The Yard for supporting SSBMRank 2024!
start.gg/SSBMRank
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...check up on yo strong friends...
January 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
...check up on yo strong friends...
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The chaotic ass emails we are getting at work! Universities are not okayyyyyy.
January 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The chaotic ass emails we are getting at work! Universities are not okayyyyyy.