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DISCUSSION: Drs. Margaret S. Mahler and Phyllis Greenacre agreed with the author's emphasis on the preverbal period development and the visual modality during this period. Dr. Mahler felt that déjà vu might very well relate to this period, and recalled a patient reported by Dr. Greenson whose preverbal experience associated with reassurance and security was revived as a defense against a present danger.