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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

When Words Disrupt Relationships: Library Jargon and the Collegiate Patron

Last week I had the opportunity to speak at the EBSCO User Group, which was such a treat. In addition to the fact that I […]

PsychologyPosted on: May 18, 2016May 17, 2016

The Words We Use Affect the Foods We Choose

Marketing in some ways is applying the most appealing words to the truth, with an ultimate goal to sell, not to communicate the literal truth. […]

HealthPosted on: February 8, 2016February 4, 2016

How to Describe What I Know: The Appeal (and Frustration) of Psychology

I took my first psychology class in college without really knowing what psychology was or what psychologists did. When I was a first-year student at […]

Career , PsychologyPosted on: October 23, 2015October 22, 2015

Flipping the Cultural Lens: A European Take on Americans

I recently found myself flying from Stockholm to London on British Airways. Looking to pass a few minutes before landing, I flipped open one of […]

PsychologyPosted on: October 7, 2015October 3, 2015

Politeness Without a Please: Denmark’s Missing Word

When I travel to a new place, I usually try to equip myself with a few basic vocabulary words: Hello, goodbye, please, thank you, English. […]

PsychologyPosted on: October 2, 2015September 27, 2015

Case Study: Duolingo’s Seductive New Look

As far as online experiences that embed motivational design principles, Duolingo is the best I’ve seen. This free gamified language learning tool incorporates all three […]

Case Study , Motivation , PsychologyPosted on: September 2, 2015August 29, 2015

Culture, Language, Chicken, Egg: Finnish Reticence

It’s fascinating to me how language both shapes and is shaped by culture. I recently came across another example, this time about the people of […]

PsychologyPosted on: August 10, 2015August 6, 2015

Dictionaries for Understanding

When we talk about using the patient’s own language to communicate about health goals, we necessarily don’t mean English vs. Mandarin (although of course that […]

HealthPosted on: June 11, 2015October 30, 2016

Doing the Needful

When I was learning Spanish in high school, a phrase that caught my ear and has remained a favorite of mine is “lo necesario.” It […]

PsychologyPosted on: June 9, 2015June 8, 2015

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