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 ...

Reflexes are automatic and involuntary actions the body produces in response to certain stimuli. While some reflexes can involve muscles and movement, others involve internal processes within the body ...

IN recent experiments 1 it was found that the tonic stretch reflex is lacking in the distal muscles of the limbs of the newly born kitten. Evidence was also presented that the gradual appearance of ...

Spasticity, a phenomenon associated with the upper motor neuron syndrome, was defined by James W. Lance as "a motor disorder characterized by a velocity-dependent increase in tonic stretch reflex ...

Reflexes are movements that humans do involuntarily, without thinking. You can observe these from the moment your child is born. There are five common reflexes you’ll see in your newborn: The ...

In your first moments with your newborn, you likely already saw their reflexes. The ones you might’ve noticed right away were the reflexes that help your baby eat, such as the rooting reflex or the ...