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Everyone who's ever experienced it knows what I'm talking about. Talk about stick, adhere, follow. What is actually going on there? How come only babies can do it like that?

http://ctext.org/dictionary.pl?if=en&id=11646



YM

Very nice and so true.

everything wrote:Everyone who's ever experienced it knows what I'm talking about. Talk about stick, adhere, follow. What is actually going on there? How come only babies can do it like that?

You mean this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmar_grasp_reflex

It's one the 7 vestigial features of the human body. https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.co ... f-infants/

It's tits, man. Once you outgrow your need for tits you lose it.

Oh, wait...

Yes!

And LOL yes.

The suck reflex is the reason for the grasp reflex

hahaha.

seriously though. from that article, the baby using this grip reflex can support its entire weight. apparently it loses this ability/reflex after 6 months. if you've ever encountered it, it's really something. the baby of course isn't using any kind of "brute force". tai chi hippies should love this (like I do). the article doesn't seem to explain / account for the seemingly incredible strength / natural "jin".

I develop a kickiing technique from this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik8VKZKLLjk

And also gripping without concentric muscle contraction as baby don't have it.

Bao wrote:

Oh, that is great. Kid 1, goozoo 0. (Select "open picture in a new tab" if you can't see the animation running.)

holy freaking moly!!!!!!

not just "baby grip". that is nonchalant and awesome. nevermind "grasp bird's tail" if you can just "grasp bird's head"!

hahahahahahaha i love that.

grzegorz wrote:

holy freaking moly!!!!!!
that is nonchalant and awesome. nevermind "grasp bird's tail" if you can just "grasp bird's ....." - Everything, hope you didn't mind I borrowed some of your words there