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WAYNE DENNIS

Am J Dis Child. 1935;50(4):888-893.

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In recent years several authors have held that persistence of the so-called Moro Umklammerungsreflex, or embrace reflex, beyond the early months of life is pathologic. This response, in brief, is a quick spreading apart of the arms on appropriate stimulation. Gordon¹ said: "Persistence of the Moro reflex in children above the age of six months signifies injury of the cerebral or the pyramidal tract." Dupérié and Barques² reported that abnormal persistence occurs in cases of encephalopathy, hydrocephaly and mongolism and of arrest of mental development. Moro³ noted that its persistence is associated with pathologic conditions.

It is apparent that any behavior which has a claim to such significance is worthy of attention from the pediatrician, the neurologist and the child psychologist alike. As a child psychologist, I have been interested for some time in the response under discussion. I wish to show that it is erroneous to . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.

From the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.

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