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| touching baby's cheek causes head to turn toward the side touched |
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| touching lips or placing something in baby's mouth causes baby to draw liquid into mouth |
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| touching gums, teeth, or tongue causes baby to open and close mouth |
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| pressure applied to palm causes baby to open mouth and close eyes |
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| flashing light across baby's eyes or face causes restriction of pupils |
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| making a loud noise or changing a baby's position causes a baby to extend both arms outward with fingers spread, the bring them together in a tense quivery embrace |
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| baby removes hand or foot from painful stimuli |
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| baby moves arms up and face to side when object is in collision course with face |
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| placing object or finger in baby's palm causes his or her fingers to close tightly around the object |
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| placing object or finger beneath toes causes curling of toes around the object |
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| postural reflex is seen when infant lies on back with head turned to one side; arm and leg on the side toward which he or she is looking are extended while opposite limbs are flexed |
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| stepping, walking, dancing |
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| holding baby upright with feet touching flat surface causes legs to prance up and down as if the baby were dancing |
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| hand closes as it reached toward and grasps at object at eye level |
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| head and eyes turn toward stimulus of noise, accompanied by cessation of other activity, heartbeat change, and vascular constriction |
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| eyes fix on stimulus that changes brightness, movement, or shape |
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| placing baby horizontally, supporting him or her under abdomen, causes baby to make crawling motions with their arms and legs while lifting head from surface |
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| stroking one side of the spinal column while baby is on their stomach causes crawling motions with legs, lifting head from surface and incurvation of trunk on the side stroked |
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| stroking bottom of the foot causes big toe to raise while other toes fan out and curl downward |
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| suspending infant in horizontal prone position and flexing head against trunk causes legs to flex against trunk |
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| sudden thrusting of infant downward from horizontal position causes hands and fingers to extend forward and spread as if to protect from fall |
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| tap on tendon of biceps causes biceps to contract quickly |
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| tap on tendon below patella or on patella causes leg to extend quickly |
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