Human Motor Behavior

Author:

Einspieler Christa1,Marschik Peter B.1,Prechtl Heinz F.R.1

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Physiology, Center for Physiological Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Austria

Abstract

The spontaneous movements of the newborn infant have a long prenatal history. From 8 weeks postmenstrual age onward the fetus moves in distinct motor patterns. There is no period of amorphic and random movements. The patterns are easily recognizable, as all of them can be seen after birth. The human neonate demonstrates a continuum of motor patterns from prenatal to early postnatal life. Around the 3rd month a major transformation of motor and sensory patterns occurs. This makes the infant more fit to meet the requirements of the extra-uterine environment. The developmental course of spontaneous movements during the first 20 weeks postterm age shows the emergence and disappearance of various movement patterns. The so-called general movements deserve special interest as they are in their altered quality a most reliable indicator of brain (dys)function with a specific prediction of later developing cerebral palsy.

Publisher

Hogrefe Publishing Group

Subject

General Psychology

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