The same study of 35 children concluded that children with an unintegrated STNR reflex showed poor posture, poor eye-hand coordination, and focusing difficulties.

The symmetric tonic neck reflex (STNR), sometimes also called the symmetrical tonic neck reflex, is another very important reflex. You’ll start to see it when your baby is 6 to 9 months old.

The STNR is a primitive reflex that is characterized by upper extremity (UE) extension and lower extremity (LE) flexion with neck extension, and by UE flexion and LE extension with neck flexion ...