Leopold Bellak compares the regressions, resistances, and 'oscillating function of the ego' in analysis and in projective tests. He expresses the hope that early infant observation, analysis, and projective techniques may prove that artistic ability is not only innate, but also related to factors in the early motor development of the infant.

One such study was reported in this workshop: Fries and Piotrowski studied longitudinally a group of children. Fries observed infants and made certain predictions about them. These predictions were compared with data from Rorschach tests done on these children nine and sixteen years later. The comparison showed the persistence of certain character structures.