Let me try to give a picture of my understanding of neuritic and synaptic growth and their interplay. Pick two neurons in corresponding areas of opposite hemispheres which are connected by a synapse (and a rather long axon). Both neurons were originally born at approximately the same time t dur...

When I was a child I suffered from absence seizures or what some call petit mal seizures. Some quick info on it here: https://www.epilepsy.com/learn/types-seizures/absence-seizures From age 7-12 I would have episodes where I would immediately stop anything I was doing and stare into nothing for ...