title: Developmental transformations: the Isakower phenomenon as an example.
abstract: A review of the literature, and clinical analytic material suggest that the Isakower phenomenon and its variants consist of representations or sense memory traces of the original infantile feeding experiences integrated with later representations of experiences during the anal and oedipal stages, latency, and even later. With progressive development, memories of earlier experiences are transformed with regard to function, form, content, and meaning.
authors.affiliation: New York University Medical Center.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Glenn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D004325:Dreams; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011939:Mental Recall; D009913:Oral Stage; D010553:Personality Development; D011247:Pregnancy; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D012043:Regression, Psychology