Amplifying Spitz's contention that the Isakower phenomenon and Lewin's dream screen do not represent primarily the breast but rather the visually perceived human face, the author draws upon a variety of data to demonstrate that, on a primitive perceptual level, face is equated with breast, and eyes with nipples. Developmentally, from three months when the child is deprived of the nipple, his eyes will stray from the mother's face toward the mother's breasts, leading to a superimposition and fusion of the two percepts. The phenomenon is accompanied by a rise in aggression as a result of the frustration involved, and by complex