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Feb 08, 1944 80 years old
British psychologist
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About Michael Eysenck
- Michael William Eysenck (; born 8 February 1944) is a British academic psychologist, and is an Emeritus Professor in Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London.
- He also holds an appointment as Professorial Fellow at Roehampton University.
- His research focuses on cognitive factors affecting anxiety.
- Eysenck has written and co-written many publications, including several textbooks.
- In the late 1990s, he developed the theory of the "hedonic treadmill", stating that humans are predisposed by genetics to plateau at a certain level of happiness, and that the occurrence of novel happy events merely elevates this level temporarily. He is the son of the noted psychologist Hans Jürgen Eysenck.
