
A Simple Test Predicts What Kindergartners Will Earn as Adults
Psychologists zero in on the skills that predict future success
Francis Vergunst is a postdoctoral fellow at the Research Unit on Children’s Psychosocial Maladjustment at the University of Montreal. His current work focuses on the association between childhood behavior and future education and employment success. Vergunst obtained his Ph.D. in psychiatric research at the University of Oxford and has parallel research interest in the mental-health impacts of climate change and sustainable health care.
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