Taking on Eysenck: one man's mission to challenge a giant of psychology – Science Weekly podcast

In 1992, Anthony Pelosivoiced concerns in the British Medical Journal about controversial findings from Hans Eysenck – one of the most influential British psychologists of all time – and German researcher Ronald Grossarth-Maticek. Those findings claimed personality played a bigger part in people’s chances of dying from cancer or heart disease than smoking. Almost three decades later, Eysenck’s institution have recommended these studiesbe retracted from academic journals.Hannah Devlin speaks to Pelosi about the twists and turns in his ultimately successful journey. And to the Guardian ’s health editor,Sarah Boseley, about how revelations from tobacco industry documents played a crucial roleContinue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 8, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Presented by Hannah Devlin with Sarah Boseley. Produced by Max Sanderson Tags: Psychology Science Health Smoking Tobacco industry Society Source Type: news