Infant Reflexes and Stereotypies

Abstract

Objectives • Explain the infant reflexes and their importance. • Pinpoint and explain the number of infant reflexes. • Describe the primitive reflexes. • Describe the postural reflexes. • List and explain some stereotypies. • Involuntary stereotyped movement responses to a particular stimuli. • Dominant movement form during the last 4 months of prenatal life and first 4 months after birth. • Occur subcortically (below the level of the higher brain centers) • Examples?