Michael Eysenck

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Michael William Eysenck (born 1944) is a British psychologist and currently a Professor in the Psychology department of Royal Holloway, University of London. His research focusses on cognitive factors affecting anxiety. Eysenck has authored and co-authored numerous publications, including several textbooks. In the late 1990s, he conceptualised 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.^[1]

He is the son of the noted psychologist Hans Jürgen Eysenck.

[edit] References

1. ^ Using the Hedonic Treadmill To Be More Productive, Rob May [1]

[edit] External links

• Academic Homepage at the Royal Holloway University of London, retrieved May 2, 2007