Author(s): Rodriguez, Jay | Abstract: A rumination on dreams and music, in dedication to my Mom, Dad, all our ancestors past present. And that have been called home during this dramatic exodus the vastness of space.

ATLEE STOPPED writing, his pen hovering above his paper, listening to the school bus crunch along the gravel road. Richie was home... What Are Little Boys Made Of? by L. Conley Brown Psychology 3 I I L T L E E STOPPED writing, his pen hovering above his paper, listening to the school bus crunch along the gravel road. Richie was home. Swearing quietly, Atlee tossed his pen down and reached for a...

T he billions of synaptic connections in the brain are constantly remod-eled in response to changes in neu-ral activity, a phenomenon known as synap-tic plasticity. These alterations in synapse form and function allow neurons to store and relay information, and therefore provide a cellular basis for learning and memory. Yukiko Goda began studying how neu-rons alter the strength of their synapse...

The brain is the most complex organ that ever evolved. The brain controls important functions in the body like keeping your heartbeat and your breathing normal. It controls the movement of your eyes across the page as you read this, it makes sense of the ink on the page to form words, and it links these words with concepts in your memory and makes new concepts as you learn. And the brain was al...

My vintage cadillac sweeps through wrought iron gates and makes its way down the grand tree-lined avenue, a canopy of cool green above, with just a glimpse of golden stone in the distance. Then suddenly the building is revealed – a stunning Victorian Gothic façade, heavy oak doors, soaring towers and intricate gargoyles, all bathed in summer sunshine. I drive on past the original Jacobean Wing ...