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=Persistent Reflexes=

Reflexes, particularly primitive reflexes, enable human infants to survive. Such primitive reflexes include: Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex, Symmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex, and Galant Reflex. These reflexes tend to go away shortly before or after the first year of life. Oftentimes, however, they tend to persist, and a relationship has been found between the persistence of reflexes and learning challenges.

=Learning Challenges=

Children with learning difficulties have been found to display persistence of primitive reflexes. For example, a persistent ATNR has been found to be associated with lower reading and spelling scores. Children with reading problems also tend to display more Tonic Labrythine Reflex (TLR) than children without reading problems. Lastly, relationships have been found between ADHD symptoms and an ATNR persistence, as well as an ADHD diagnosis and Moro and Galant reflexes.

=Remedies=

One intervention helped to decrease reflex persistence in a group of children who also showed improvement in verbal fluency after the intervention. A similar intervention also showed that children improved in reading, writing, and spelling.

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