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Amy Bucher, Ph.D.

Applied Behavioral Science for Health and Well-Being

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Taming My Financial Beast

A very cool thing happened today; I was quoted in a New York Times article! A few months ago I spoke with writer Sally French about […]

PsychologyPosted on: February 12, 2020February 14, 2020

Engagement Powers the Habit Cycle

At this week’s Habit Summit in San Francisco, I talked about the role of engagement in creating new habits. I called my talk “Highway to the […]

PsychologyPosted on: April 6, 2017March 29, 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

Early Birds, Night Owls, and Getting It Done

I hate mornings. I pretty much always have (see photographic evidence below). That said, as an adult I’ve had to force myself to shift my […]

PsychologyPosted on: February 19, 2016September 20, 2017

Does Habit Tie Us Down or Set Us Free?

Habits can set people free, in some ways. By automating desired behavior patterns, we can make it easier to accomplish goals without conscious daily effort. […]

PsychologyPosted on: January 4, 2016January 3, 2016

Treat Yo’ Self: How To Use Rewards to Effectively Promote New Habits

Most of us are familiar with the idea of a self-reward. If you want to lose weight, you might decide to give yourself a new […]

Motivation , PsychologyPosted on: November 9, 2015November 6, 2015

My First Streaking Experience

A few months ago, I spoke with Shape.com about a phenomenon they dubbed “streaking.” Streaking refers to performing a specific health-related behavior every day for […]

PsychologyPosted on: August 17, 2015August 16, 2015

Six Ways to Remember Your Meds

I’ve done a lot of work on medication adherence and helping people to remember to take their medications as prescribed. When we’ve asked people who […]

Health , PsychologyPosted on: May 5, 2015October 16, 2015

Neural Pathways to Habit

Last week I attended the Hx Refactored conference in Boston, which was amazing. One of the speakers who I saw was Dr. Kyra Bobinet of […]

PsychologyPosted on: April 7, 2015October 18, 2016

Why I Miss Wearing Glasses

In 2004, I had Lasik. Let me start off by saying, that procedure is the bomb. My vision wasn’t too bad to start with–I could […]

PsychologyPosted on: February 4, 2015January 21, 2015

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