Review

Professional Book: On brain and body

Dr Cath Arnold reviews Sally Goddard Blythe's Reflexes, Movement, Learning and Behaviour, a complex study of the development of the body’s reflexes

Reflexes, Movement, Learning and Behaviour: Analyzing and unblocking neuro-motor immaturity | by Sally Goddard Blythe | Hawthorn Press

This book was not an ‘easy read’ for me. It contains a great deal of in-depth information. However, I would wholeheartedly agree with the idea expressed in the introduction, that ‘brain and body work together, not separately’.

There are seven chapters. Chapter One describes the primitive reflexes in great detail. Chapter Two outlines the gradual process from primitive reflexes to postural control.

In Chapter Three, the focus is on brain development. There are helpful lists and diagrams differentiating between left and right brain abilities and development during the first two years of life.

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