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their denial that their interest in dressing is primarily erotic.

Dr. Maltz explains in PSYCHO-CYBERNETICS that the human cortex is composed of some ten billion neurons, each with numerous axons (feelers or "extension wires") which form synapses (electrical connections) between the neurons. When we learn something or experience some- thing, a pattern of neurons forming a "chain" is set up in brain tissue. This pattern is in the nature of an "elec- trical track", the arrangement and electrical connections between various neurons being somewhat similar to a mag- netic pattern recorded on tape. These patterns or "en- grams" are stored away in brain tissue for future use, and are reactivated, or "replayed" whenever we remember a past experience. (page 210). The more a given engram is activated, or "replayed", the more potent it becomes. The permanence of engrams is derived from synaptic ef- ficacy (the efficiency and ease of connections between the individual neurons that make up the chain). (page 222).

While engrams are constantly modified in some slight degree, and while they can be weakened by deliberate effort, it would seem that they are never erased entirely. If the theory proposed above be true, this might explain why there is no "cure" for the TV syndrome. After all, the modification of the incredibly complex patterns which constitute a personality presents us with a task of such magnitude that there would seem to be no possibility of

success.

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Susanna Says..

As you have already noticed, Susanna's usual column is missing from this issue. We are always sorry when her interesting column isn't part of TRANS- VESTIA, but knowing that she is a pretty busy girl her- self it is not surprising if date lines creep up on her sometimes. We can only hope that the pressures of her brother's life relax enough so that she will be with us in TVia #34.

Come back little Susy, come back! 63