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Student Researchers Represent MBC at National Conference

2010-07-26

Mary Baldwin College students made an impressive showing at the recent annual meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology in Toronto. Kate Polak ’10, Naianka “Naka” Rigaud ’11, and Lindsay Wenger ’10 were accompanied by Associate Professor of Psychology Louise Freeman to present research they conducted with her at MBC.

Wenger garnered runner-up honors in the undergraduate poster category for her study, “Sexual Behavior Differences Based on Experience and Gender of the Asian Musk Shrew.’

Polak’s research also focused on sexual differentiation in the Asian musk shrew, and Rigaud looked at the effect of birth control on female perceptions of attractiveness.