Second year graduate student Lisa Taxier authored a new paper based on her undergraduate senior thesis research at Carleton College. The paper, published in Physiology and Behavior, studied the effects pubertal ovarian hormones on paced mating and conditioned place preference in female rats. The work showed that female rats lacking exposure to pubertal ovarian hormones show altered activity and withdrawal behavior during paced mating, but retain the ability to show a preference for a sexual partner and to acquire a conditioned place preference for paced mating. Congratulations Lisa!