"Walking" in the Newborn
- 21 April 1972
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 176 (4032) , 314-315
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.176.4032.314
Abstract
Brief daily exercise of the walking and placing reflexes in the newborn leads to a high rate of responding by 8 weeks and to an earlier onset of walking alone. There appears to be a critical period during which the walking response can be transformed intact from a reflexive to an instrumental action.Keywords
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