Learn More About Childhood Reflexes

A newborn grasps its mother's finger.

books

Reflexes, Learning and Behavior by Sally Goddard

Educate Your Brain by Kathy Brown

The Symphony of Reflexes by Bonnie Brandes

Smart Moves by Carla Hannaford, Ph. D.

Movements That Heal by Harald Blomberg, M.D. and Moira Dempsey

The Well Balanced Child by Sally Goddard Blythe

The Genius of Natural Childhood by Sally Goddard Blythe

Why Don't Children Sit Still? by Evelien van Dort

Integrating Primitive Reflexes Through Play and Exercise by Kokeb Girma McDonald

Stopping ADHD by Nancy O'Dell, Ph. D. and Patricia Cook, Ph. D.

If Kids Just Came with Instruction Sheets! by Svea Gold

Brain-Compatible Dance Education by Anne Green Gilbert

research on primitive reflexes

2021 study: Developmental Language Disorder and Uninhibited Primitive Reflexes in Young Children

2020 study: Primitive Reflex Activity in Relation to the Sensory Profile in Healthy Preschool Children

2020 study: Primitive Reflex Persistence in U.S. Middle School Students and Academic Reading and Mathematics

2019 study: Persistence of primitive reflexes and associated problems in children

2018 study: Persistence of primitive reflexes and associated motor problems in healthy preschool children

2018 study: Persistent primary reflexes affect motor acts: Potential implications for autism spectrum disorder

2017 study: Measuring Primitive Reflexes in Children with Learning Disorders

2012 study: Retained primitive reflexes and ADHD in children

2004 study: Primitive Reflexes and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Developmental Origins of Classroom Dysfunction

2003 study: The grasp and other primitive reflexes

online resources

Get Ready for School video http://learning-solutions.co.uk/getready.php

Kathy Brown’s blogpost on the subject: https://www.wholebrainliving.com/2015/12/understanding-retained-infant-reflexes.html

Valerie Baadh Garrett's Rhythm and Reflexes (or Why We Rock Babies)