Medically reviewed by Jonathan B. Jassey, DO Key Takeaways The Moro reflex is a startle response in babies that makes their ...

When your newborn is lying on their back, do you notice they often look like they have assumed the position of a fencer ready for swordplay? With their head turned to the same side as their ...

Newborns make a lot of strange movements and exhibit unexpected behaviors during the first year of life. They can startle at nothing, suck at the air, cross their eyes, breathe funny, and more. New ...

When you’re talking about your baby’s growth, you probably don’t expect the word “parachute” to be part of the conversation. That said, the parachute reflex is something you should know about.

The STNR is a primitive reflex that is characterized by upper extremity (UE) extension and lower extremity (LE) flexion with neck extension, and by UE flexion and LE extension with neck flexion.

Doctors test for them within minutes of birth, because these simple motions reveal complex brain development. Primitive reflexes show how deeply survival is written into our biology. GOP members face ...

Human beings are born with innate reflexes that come from deep within our primitive brain. As the prefrontal cortex develops within the first year of life these reflexes disappear from the central ...

The COVID crisis throws into relief what happens when grief has—quite literally—nowhere to go. The evidence suggests that most people summon strengths that surpass their own expectations. A new study ...

The objective of the study was to follow neuromaturation in preterm infants. From serial exams in 90 low risk very low birthweight infants, each infant's Maturity Scores (the sum of tone, reflex, and ...