Dr Jana Uher
University of Greenwich
Faculty Member, Psychology
United Kingdom
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My Publications
Numbers from ratings: Scientists' measurement concepts do not match what raters think
Frontiers in Psychology
December 2018
What is going on in raters' minds while ticking scales is very different from scientists' concepts of scientific measurement and quantification. Scientists' high theoretical aspirations for quantif...
How different sciences produce their data: Commonalities and differences
Quality & Quantity
March 2018
Different sciences produce different data. Social scientists and psychologists produce data about persons and must therefore use other methods than, for example, biologists and physicists. But in a...
Models of individual differences: Guide to integrate expertise of different disciplines
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
February 2018
Various disciplines study individual differences but focus on different aspects and use different methods. To understand individuals, we need to integrate the knowledge produced in different fields...
Observing or assessing personality? Five methods study shows the differences
Journal of Research in Personality
April 2016
This study investigated the theoretical and methodical differences between two major methods used to study personality: Assessments (e.g., rating scales, questionnaires) and observations of behavio...
Beliefs that mind could be measured are based on ambiguous terms and concepts often mix...
Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology
February 2021
The widespread beliefs that psychometrics could enable science-based quantifications of the human mind are shown to be based on ambiguous meanings of key terms used in psychology that, moreover, ar...
Leading scholars on integrating models of individual differences and mental health
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
February 2018
Individual differences and their biological foundations: Two millenia of research
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
February 2018
Basic Definitions in Personality Psychology: Challenges for Conceptual Integrations
European Journal of Personality
September 2017
What is behaviour? And (when) is speaking behaviour?
Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour
February 2016
The challenges of studying experience
September 2015
Fundamental challenges of modern “personality” research
Physics of Life Reviews
December 2014
How the psyche enables us to become actors in our lives. Development and evolution
November 2014
Models of individual differences cannot explain single persons: Common mistakes and new...
Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science
October 2014
Personality psychology: The challenges of studying individuality
Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science
October 2014
Categorising personality differences: Basic approaches and limitations of popular models
Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science
September 2014
From observations of behaviour to personality ratings: Biases and limitations
Journal of Research in Personality
October 2013
Studying personality in behaviour: Concepts, methods and analyses demonstrated in primates
Journal of Research in Personality
August 2013
Popular personality models derived from everyday language and ratings reveal only half ...
Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science
February 2013
How to extract personality differences from behavioural measures: Concepts, approaches ...
Developmental Psychobiology
March 2011
Personality in apes and monkeys: Applying concepts, approaches and methods from human r...
January 2011
Personality in great apes: Behaviour measures vs ratings of behaviours and adjectives
Journal of Research in Personality
August 2008
Categorising and comparing personality differences within and across species: Concepts ...
European Journal of Personality
August 2008
Categorising personality differences: Three core issues in research methodology
European Journal of Personality
August 2008
Commentaries on "Comparing personality differences within and across species"
European Journal of Personality
August 2008
Measuring personality differences in behaviour: Concepts, methods and analyses shown in...
Animal Behaviour
January 2008
Counting and impulse control in great apes: Memorisation and transfer of skills to new ...
Journal of Comparative Psychology
January 2008
Counting and impulse control in great apes: Effects of amount and visibility of food
Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Behavior Processes
January 2006
A paradigm summarising basic ideas of personality and integrating field's grand theories
