Abstract
This article addresses the primary bond of children to their mothers as primordial in human development. Based on an interdisciplinar perspective uniting ethology and psychoanalysis, we go through the notions of sensitive periods, imprinting and attachment behavior, establishing a parallel between animal and human development. Then, we discuss modes of communication and their roots in attachment relationships established by the individual at the beginning of life, taking into account clinical practice in psychoanalysis with the help of ethological theory.
Keywords:
attachment theory; communication; ethology; psychoanalysis; leaning-on theory