Reflex Abilities

  • Grasping Abilities

    Grasping Abilities

    An Infants clinging response to a touch on the palm of his or her hand. Most babies are born with the grasping ability and some will get it within the first few months.
  • Rooting Reflex

    Rooting Reflex

    An infants reponse in turning toward the cource of touching that occures anywhere around his or her mouth.
  • Sucking Reflex

    Sucking Reflex

    Touching the infants mouth will cause the infant to respond by opening the mouth and making sucking movements.
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    Reflex Abilities

  • Visual Responce

    Visual Responce

    Visual response is the newborn's ability to react to objects or people with whom she or he makes contact.
  • Auditory Response

    Auditory Response

    Auditory response is the new born's ability to react to voices and other sounds in the environment. New borns use auditory stimuli to alert from drowsy or crying states.