Human beings are born with innate reflexes that come from deep within our primitive brain. As the prefrontal cortex develops within the first year of life these reflexes disappear from the central ...

Newborn babies arrive with a surprising set of built-in survival tools — reflexes that help them breathe, feed, and cling to caregivers. These primitive reflexes reveal how the developing brain works.

Doctors test for them within minutes of birth, because these simple motions reveal complex brain development. Primitive ...