Other newborn reflexes include the Moro reflex (aka the startle reflex), the Babinski reflex, the tonic neck reflex, the galant reflex, the stepping reflex, and the palmar grasp reflex.

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Anything that intuitively causes alarm can activate a baby's self-preserving survival instincts and instantaneously trigger this reflex. Infants can even startle themselves to trigger a Moro reflex.