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Kevin J. Holmes

Associate Professor of Psychology

Reed College

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Reed College

Center for Teaching & Learning

History and Social Sciences

History

Philosophy, Religion, Psychology, and Linguistics

Psychology

Kevin J. Holmes is currently serving as a Center For Teaching & Learning Associate Professor of Psychology at Reed College.

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Kevin J. Holmes

Reed College

Associate Professor of Psychology

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cognitive science psychology language cognition psycholinguistics behavioral sciences psychological science applied linguistics pragmatics spatial cognition categorical perception cognitive neuroscience cognitive psychology bias neuropsychology emotions visual metaphor affective neuroscience affective computing behavioral decision making experimental social psychology feminist criminology violence against women interpersonal violence sexual abuse psychodynamic cognitive pragmatic victimology sexual assault sexual violence emotional expression spatial relations systems neuroscience replication psychological bulletin human-computer interaction psychological methods social identity gender diversity brain organization human cognition reproducible research mathematical psychology human memory language comprehension gendered perceptions vision research neuroeconomics victimisation human-centered computing positive computing gender stereotypes spatiotemporal organization consumer health social bias critical public health bounded rationality ecological rationality rational choice multimodal pragmatic emotion regulation emotional responses affective variables mental magnitude line common spatial organization everyday language basic level cool colors mental number line further investigation emotional magnitude numerical value eye movements blackjack hands use-inspired basic research lab meets world educational psychology professional counselor behavioral research performance studies behavioral experiments child psychology qualitative research stem education open science science and technology studies social science research counseling psychology sociology applied cognitive psychology applied psychology thinking skills clinical psychology professional development social psychology psychiatry learning sciences experiential learning educational strategies research ethics philosophy of social science differential psychology cognitive development technology academic ethic higher education persistence (psychology) research policy undergraduate research psychoeducational assessment psychoanalysis community-engaged research social cognition education experimental psychology social sciences behavioral education educational research behavioral statistic

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How Syntax Promotes Stereotypes: Assessing the Role of Pragmatic Inference. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review (2026)

applied linguisticssociolinguisticsgrammarsemantic interpretationpragmatic inferencesyntaxpsycholinguisticslanguagecognitive linguisticspragmaticslinguistics

Is There a “Mind” Behind the Music? Attributing Music to AI Can Suppress Narrative Meaning-Making. Cognitive Research Principles and Implications (2026)

music processing“ mind ”philosophy of musiccomputer musicnarrativemusic information retrievallanguagenarrative meaning-makingmusicmusic psychologymusicology

Unwilling or Unable? Interpreting Effort Task Performance in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Frontiers in Psychology (2025)

attention disorderscognitive impairmentcognitive sciencerehabilitationhuman performancefatigue managementmovement disorderstask performanceeffort task performanceattention

Emotion Regulation Elicits Cross-Linguistically Shared and Language-Specific Forms of Linguistic Distancing. Scientific Reports (2024)

affective variablesaffective neurosciencelinguistic distancingpsychologypsycholinguisticsemotional selfregulationemotional responsesaffective computinglanguage-specific formsemotion regulationbehavioral sciencesemotions

The Psychology of Framing: How Everyday Language Shapes the Way We Think, Feel, and Act. Gothic.net (2024)

Stephen J. FlusbergKevin J. HolmesPaul H. ThibodeauRobin L. NabiTeenie Matlock

cognitive sciencepsychologypsycholinguisticslanguagepsychological scienceeveryday language

How Language Shapes Anti-Fat Bias: Comparing the Effects of Disease and Fat-Rights Framing. Frontiers in Communication (2023)

applied linguisticsanti-fat biaslanguagehealth equitysocial biaspublic healthconsumer healthcritical public healthpublic health ethicshealth communicationbias

Lab Meets World: The Case for Use-Inspired Basic Research in Affective Science. Affective Science (2023)

affective sciencepsychological methodsdesignaffecthuman-centered computinghuman-computer interactionpsychologylab meets worlduse-inspired basic researchaffective computingpsychological sciencedesign researchpositive computingemotions

Does Grammatical Gender Affect Object Concepts? Registered Replication of Phillips and Boroditsky (2003). Journal of Memory and Language (2022)

Nan ElpersGreg JensenKevin J. Holmes

cognitioncognitive sciencepsycholinguisticslanguagelanguage comprehensionlanguage processing in the brainmemorygendered perceptionslinguisticshuman memory

Even Simple Framing Effects Are Rational. Behavioral and Brain Sciences (2022)

bounded rationalityeconomic psychologyrationalitypersuasionecological rationalityrational choicesimple framing effectsbehavioral decision makingexperimental social psychologybehavioral sciencesbias

Who’s the “Real” Victim? How Victim Framing Shapes Attitudes Toward Sexual Assault. Psychological Science (2022)

victimologyviolence against womensexual violencevictimisationpsychologystigmasociologycriminologygender studiessexual assaultfeminist criminologysexual abusesocial psychologyinterpersonal violence

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Kevin J. Holmes

Associate Professor of Psychology

Reed College

Affiliations

Reed College

Center for Teaching & Learning

History and Social Sciences

History

Philosophy, Religion, Psychology, and Linguistics

Psychology

Kevin J. Holmes is currently serving as a Center For Teaching & Learning Associate Professor of Psychology at Reed College.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Kevin J. Holmes

Reed College

Associate Professor of Psychology

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

How Syntax Promotes Stereotypes: Assessing the Role of Pragmatic Inference. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review (2026)

applied linguisticssociolinguisticsgrammarsemantic interpretationpragmatic inferencesyntaxpsycholinguisticslanguagecognitive linguisticspragmaticslinguistics

Is There a “Mind” Behind the Music? Attributing Music to AI Can Suppress Narrative Meaning-Making. Cognitive Research Principles and Implications (2026)

music processing“ mind ”philosophy of musiccomputer musicnarrativemusic information retrievallanguagenarrative meaning-makingmusicmusic psychologymusicology

Unwilling or Unable? Interpreting Effort Task Performance in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Frontiers in Psychology (2025)

attention disorderscognitive impairmentcognitive sciencerehabilitationhuman performancefatigue managementmovement disorderstask performanceeffort task performanceattention

Emotion Regulation Elicits Cross-Linguistically Shared and Language-Specific Forms of Linguistic Distancing. Scientific Reports (2024)

The Psychology of Framing: How Everyday Language Shapes the Way We Think, Feel, and Act. Gothic.net (2024)

Stephen J. FlusbergKevin J. HolmesPaul H. ThibodeauRobin L. NabiTeenie Matlock

cognitive sciencepsychologypsycholinguisticslanguagepsychological scienceeveryday language

How Language Shapes Anti-Fat Bias: Comparing the Effects of Disease and Fat-Rights Framing. Frontiers in Communication (2023)

applied linguisticsanti-fat biaslanguagehealth equitysocial biaspublic healthconsumer healthcritical public healthpublic health ethicshealth communicationbias

Lab Meets World: The Case for Use-Inspired Basic Research in Affective Science. Affective Science (2023)

Does Grammatical Gender Affect Object Concepts? Registered Replication of Phillips and Boroditsky (2003). Journal of Memory and Language (2022)

Nan ElpersGreg JensenKevin J. Holmes

cognitioncognitive sciencepsycholinguisticslanguagelanguage comprehensionlanguage processing in the brainmemorygendered perceptionslinguisticshuman memory

Even Simple Framing Effects Are Rational. Behavioral and Brain Sciences (2022)

bounded rationalityeconomic psychologyrationalitypersuasionecological rationalityrational choicesimple framing effectsbehavioral decision makingexperimental social psychologybehavioral sciencesbias

Who’s the “Real” Victim? How Victim Framing Shapes Attitudes Toward Sexual Assault. Psychological Science (2022)

victimologyviolence against womensexual violencevictimisationpsychologystigmasociologycriminologygender studiessexual assaultfeminist criminologysexual abusesocial psychologyinterpersonal violence

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