How would the Moro reflex have been used? ( infant startle reflex )?
This is where th ebaby feels started or feels as if they are falling and tried to grab on to something. What would a human neonate have to grab on to is what I am wondering? Say this is such an inborn reflex of ages ago, still if a baby really were falling and reaches out it’s arms…we know the baby has an excellent grip and can support its weight ( fantastic survival value! ) BUT realistically what would it grab onto?
we are primates. We do as other primate infants would do should they fall, try to hang on….separation from mom means death, and infants, as all beings, are driven to survive.
November 12th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
"BUT realistically what would it grab onto?"
Mom’s fur.
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November 12th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Mommy!
Maybe it was from the time when babies slept while mom slept and if a baby is sleeping in mom’s arms and mom falls asleep and baby starts to slip she can grip onto mom until the cries wake her up?
I dunno…. just guessing here.
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November 12th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
there is no logic behind bodily reflexes.
it’s the same as if someone jumps out and scares you as a joke. your body prepares for flight or fight. but it’s a friend. are you really going to have to run away or fight for your life?
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November 12th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
His mother, her hair, whatever is there to grab…
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November 12th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
we are primates. We do as other primate infants would do should they fall, try to hang on….separation from mom means death, and infants, as all beings, are driven to survive.
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November 12th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
If you are evolutionist you may suggest the Moro reflex would be for baby to grab on to mother’s fur. I wonder if baby apes have the same reflex and if it is in use in survival.
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