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Sensory perception and motility in psychoanalysis can reshape unconscious infantile sexuality memories. This process aids in drive representation, autoerotism redeployment, and fantasy production, fulfilling infantile wishes.

Keywords:

Sensory perception body movements dance hallucinatory wish-fulfilment memory traces

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Area of Science:

Psychoanalysis
Psychology
Neuroscience

Background:

Unconscious infantile sexuality shapes adult psychic life.
Sensory perception and motility are key elements in psychoanalytic sessions.
The transference relationship offers a unique space to explore these dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate how sensory perception and motility activate and reshape memory traces of unconscious infantile sexuality.
To explore the role of these elements in drive representation, autoerotism, and fantasy production within the psychoanalytic setting.
To examine the expression of sensory elements in memory through speech and perception during therapy.

Main Methods:

Psychoanalytic case study of a female patient practicing dance.
Analysis of sensory perceptions and motility within the therapeutic session.
Exploration of the patient's speech and perceptions to understand memory expression.

Main Results:

Sensory perception and motility can reactivate and reshape unconscious infantile memories.
These elements facilitate drive representation and the redeployment of autoerotism.
Sensory perception acts as an ally to language in qualifying internal processes, yet can also evade inhibition.

Conclusions:

Sensory perception and motility are crucial in accessing and reprocessing unconscious infantile sexuality.
Their integration within the transference aids in fulfilling infantile wishes through fantasy.
The study highlights the complex interplay between sensory experience, memory, and language in psychoanalysis.