The Moro Reflex: Understanding Your Baby’s Survival Instinct
Introduction and Nomenclature The Moro Reflex, often referred to formally as the Moro Response, stands as one of the most critical and easily observable primitive reflexes present in the human neonate. First systematically documented by the Austrian pediatrician Ernst Moro (1874–1951) in the early twentieth century, this reflex serves as an involuntary, protective mechanism that […]