Tuesday, February 15, 2011

ATNR Article

An article I just ran across on the ATNR - a retained infant reflex that many of my IM students show signs of not having fully integrated. If these lower centers of the brain (midbrain, pons, brainstem) are controlling movement, then the higher centers of the brain (cortex areas) are busy compensating for these reflexes rather than doing the learning and attending it needs to be doing.