For many years, infant oral motor behavior had been described in term of reflexes and responses, e.g., the rooting reflex (head turn in the direction of the stimulated perioral skin accompanied by mouth opening and ‘labial grasping’) and the sucking response (rhythmical sucking induced by th...
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In the current study, seven parents documented the occurrence of their newborns' rooting, crying, and a control reflex (palmar grasp) before, after, and between naturally occurring feedings. For all participants, rooting occurred during a greater percentage of reflex checks prior to feedings, ...