Infant Reflexes, Motor Skills, and Development Stages
Unit 3: Primary Reflexes
Previous step of the voluntary motor activity and movements.
Automatic movements that happen after a specific stimulus in the first months of birth.
In a newborn baby, they are produced in the sub cortex, because of the unfinished development of the brain.
Useful to identify normal brain activity (no MND).
Their main aim is to protect child’s life.
Children need time to take control over the reflexes.
Types of Primary Reflexes:
- Rooting: The baby will turn his or her head and open
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