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Amy Bucher, Ph.D.

Applied Behavioral Science for Health and Well-Being

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How Psychology Helped Me Recognize Toxic Tech

One thing coronavirus has exposed more broadly is the importance of (good) ethics in tech and design. There have been people raising the alarm about […]

PsychologyPosted on: May 24, 2020May 24, 2020

Designing for Financial Behavior: FxD 2018 Panel Recap

It’s easy for financial experts to say what people should do to achieve financial well-being. We can rattle off rules of thumb like: contribute enough to your […]

PsychologyPosted on: December 6, 2018December 6, 2018

Believing In Behavior Change Means Believing People Can Change

I suppose this post is politically motivated, although I’ll try to leave the actual politics out so as to not obscure my point by putting […]

PsychologyPosted on: August 21, 2017August 20, 2017

Moral Issues in Designing for Behavior Change

The big thing on my mind right now is preparing for my presentation at SXSW next Saturday. My J&J colleague and pal Raphaela O’Day and […]

PsychologyPosted on: March 6, 2017March 5, 2017

So, Does Facebook Influence Users or Not? (Yes, It Does)

Two days after the election, Mark Zuckerberg said the following at a meeting in California: “Personally I think the idea that fake news on Facebook, […]

PsychologyPosted on: November 17, 2016

How Much Can We Personalize Job Rewards Without Being Unfair?

I recently read the book The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels by Michael D. Watkins. It was recommended to […]

Motivation , PsychologyPosted on: May 2, 2016April 28, 2016

Knocked to the Bottom of the Pyramid

I had big plans this week. I was going to log some major running miles, get ahead of my blog posting, run all manner of errands, […]

Psychology , ReflectionPosted on: April 13, 2016April 13, 2016

When Is a Reward Coercion? The Case of Workplace Wellness Programs

Given my former line of business working on digital wellness programs for employees and health plan members, I’ve tended to have a positive spin on […]

Health , PsychologyPosted on: January 29, 2016October 18, 2016

Facebook announces new research guidelines

Three months after inciting the ire of researchers and users with their stealth emotional manipulation study, Facebook has announced a revised research policy. The new […]

Psychology , TechnologyPosted on: October 2, 2014

Facebook’s Informed Consent Problem

You’ve undoubtedly heard by now about Facebook’s large scale emotion manipulation study, conducted on their site users. The study, published in the Proceedings of the […]

Psychology , TechnologyPosted on: June 30, 2014August 18, 2014
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