Sentence examples for primitive reflexes from inspiring English sources
Testing showed that almost every part of Liam's brain was destroyed, though some primitive reflexes remained.
These primitive reflexes aid the normal development of the foetus in the womb, but Goddard Blythe argues that retention of the reflexes beyond infancy will hinder the child's brain development.
For some women this physiological process may evoke primal, primitive reflexes and consenting human adults may be able to psychologically simulate something similar to the emotional content of prehistoric animal sex.
Considering the world of visual stimuli to which infants are suddenly exposed, and the range of primitive reflexes they typically display — forcibly sucking on objects put in their mouths, grasping things put in their hands, and throwing out their arms when startled — frequent blinking may seem natural for an infant.
Similarly, ingestion of certain drugs sometimes mimics the loss of primitive reflexes seen in those with no remaining brain activity.
Examples of vestigial structures in humans include wisdom teeth, the coccyx, the vermiform appendix, and other behavioural vestiges such as goose bumps and primitive reflexes.
The primitive reflex of disgust is phenomenally powerful, and in this case very helpful, as it erases all trace of temptation.
Consciousness is thus not the pinnacle of a hierarchy whose base is the primitive reflex, because reflexes require a nervous system, which the single-celled creature does not possess.
Her reaction made me wonder whether she had planned this, or whether, instead, hers was a primitive reflex aimed at protecting what she valued most.
In fact, it's so fundamental to our survival that it's known as a "primitive reflex"; we're born knowing how to suck and no learning is necessary.
[Bowlby] begins by noting that organisms at different levels of the phylogenetic scale regulate instinctive behavior in distinct ways, ranging from primitive reflex-like "fixed action patterns" to complex plan hierarchies with subgoals and strong learning components.
