[Results of infant research and its clinical relevance for psychoanalysis with reference to the concept of intentionality (Schultz-Hencke)].

The reception of results put forward by empirical infant research has been gaining increased significance for Psychoanalysis. This applies to analytic theory formation as well as to the clinical-therapeutic field. In this context convergencies between Schultz-Henckes concept of intentionality and new views in analytic developmental theory seem to emerge. The paper presented discusses before this background the significance of the visual domain, the affects and the explorative motivational system. The consequences of pathogenic impacts within these fields shall receive special consideration with regard to later neurotic developments.