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Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth

Study Updates

A Message for Our Cohort 1 and Cohort 2 Participants Identified During the 1970s

January 2026

Greetings once again from the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) at Vanderbilt University. It is hard to believe that the last time we contacted you was about 15 years ago for your midlife follow-up, and we are now gearing up to do your late midlife follow-up of your SMPY cohort identified back in the 1970s!

Right now, we are preparing for your next follow-up, which will launch in January 2027. Like your last follow-up, this survey will be web-based and executed by the same vendor (SoundRocket). We will send more information about your follow-up via email closer to that time.

For now, we would simply like to confirm that we have your preferred email address in our records. To verify your preferred email address, you may either:

  1. Respond to the forthcoming email from SoundRocket requesting this information.
  2. Contact our research team directly using the information below in order to verify your preferred email address.

Thank you for your help preparing for our Late Midlife Follow-Up Survey! We will be in touch again soon.

Sincerely,

Camilla Persson Benbow
Patricia & Rodes Hart Dean, Peabody College
Co-director, SMPY
(615) 322-8407
camilla.benbow@vanderbilt.edu		 David Lubinski
Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology
Co-director, SMPY
(615) 343-1195
david.lubinski@vanderbilt.edu