Clutching;Grasp reflex;Gripping;Holding on Introduction The grasping reflex is a group of several primitive reflexes found in healthy newborns. Like all reflexes, they are an involuntary and unalterable motor response provoked by a stimulus. These reflexes may vary from one species to another depend...
According to pediatrician Garry Gardner, the reflex settles down at 3 or 4 months and intentional movements take over it. Further it states that the first intentional movements the child will master is the raking grasp, in which he extends his arm and rakes all his fingers to bring an ...