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Amy Bucher, Ph.D.

Applied Behavioral Science for Health and Well-Being

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When You Don’t Speak the Language, Literally: My Experience with the Japanese Health Care System and Radical Empathy

A common thing in my world of behavior change and design is a focus on building empathy by talking to people, sharing their perspectives, and […]

Health , PsychologyPosted on: December 10, 2018December 7, 2018

The Bystander Effect, Cognitive Biases, and Standing Up for Good

What happened last week in Portland was shocking. After a man on the light-rail train began yelling what has been described as “hate speech” at […]

Psychology , ReflectionPosted on: May 30, 2017May 29, 2017

Making Corporate Values Visible: Livestrong

It may seem like a minor thing, but visual displays of corporate values can help employees to internalize those ideals as they go about their […]

Case Study , PsychologyPosted on: April 11, 2017April 10, 2017

Where You Are Is Who You Are: Personality By Geography

I came across this sort of goofy article about how people’s personalities shift depending on where they live. Why do I call it goofy? Because […]

PsychologyPosted on: February 23, 2017February 21, 2017

Why Do We Sometimes Compete When We Should Collaborate?

About a year ago I participated in a work training around collaboration and culture. We were asked to play a game which involved getting into […]

Career , PsychologyPosted on: January 24, 2017

How Polly Combats Low Health Literacy With Humor and Technology

A challenge for public health educators and behavior change experts is helping people who have low levels of health literacy. These people may have difficulty […]

Case Study , Health , Innovation , PsychologyPosted on: March 16, 2016March 15, 2016

Being Both: The Psychology of Identity Integration

Certain identities are deeply meaningful for the time and the place in which we live. Being a woman in the 21st century United States carries […]

Happiness , PsychologyPosted on: December 9, 2015December 8, 2015

Can Traditional Organizational Culture Models Describe the Modern Working World?

I came of age in the time of the tech bubble. I graduated college in the middle of the dot-com crash, and my professional career […]

PsychologyPosted on: November 23, 2015November 23, 2015

Choice: The Cultural Keystone?

One of the many ways that people around the world differ from one another is attitudes about choice. While some cultures believe that independent choice […]

PsychologyPosted on: November 16, 2015November 11, 2015

Some Things Keep Getting Better, But Our Mood Isn’t One of Them

If you remember the male makeover hit of the early 2000s, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, you’ve heard the song that says “All things […]

Happiness , PsychologyPosted on: November 13, 2015November 11, 2015

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