ATNR – Asymmetric Tonic Neck Reflex

Integration: until the 16th week of pregnancy

Inhibition: until 6 months of age

Symptoms of non-integration during learning:

• Inexpert and often bumps into people sitting next to him
• cramped pin retention
• fixed pen pressure
• sheet will only describe half of it
• Sheet is wrong on the table
• Shoe tying takes a long time

Symptoms in behavior:

• Uncoordinated arm and leg movements
• unstable balance
• clumsy behaviour and avoiding crossing the centre line
• misplaced side dominance

Health problems:

• visual disturbance, strabismus
• motor problems
• balance problems