K-State psychology students author paper, present work at Pavlovian Society annual meeting

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Editor's note: Michael Parrish is a graduate of Shawnee Mission North High School, Mission.
News release prepared by: Megan Wilson, 785-532-6415, media@k-state.edu

Wednesday, November 8, 2006

K-STATE PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS AUTHOR PAPER, PRESENT WORK AT PAVLOVIAN SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING

MANHATTAN -- A paper, "Effects of Rearing Environment on Pavlovian Conditioned Hyperactivity" co-authored by several psychology students from Kansas State University was presented at the recent Pavlovian Society annual meeting in Philadelphia, Pa.

K-State students who were co-authors of the paper include:

Julie-Renee Kabriel, graduate student in psychology, and Michael Parrish, senior in psychology, both of Manhattan; and Adam Steiner, senior in psychology, Wichita.

From out-of-state: Rosemary Ha, graduate student in psychology, Ratcliff, Ky. Ha presented the paper at the annual meeting.

The purpose of the research was to determine if Pavlovian-conditioned drug cues contribute to relapse following recovery.