Work of renowned UK psychologist Hans Eysenck ruled ‘unsafe’

Eysenck's 'cancer-prone' personality theory had come under criticism for decades

The work of one of the most famous and influential British psychologists of all time, Hans Eysenck, is under a cloud following an investigation by King's College London, which has found 26 of his published papers "unsafe".

King's says the results and conclusions of the papers "were not considered scientifically rigorous" by its committee of inquiry. Prof Sir Robert Lechler, the provost at King's, has contacted the editors of the 11 journals where the papers appeared, recommending they should be retracted.