<P> The Moro reflex is impaired in the early stage of kernicterus and it is absent in the late stage of kernicterus . </P> <P> The reflex was first described in western medicine by Austrian pediatrician Ernst Moro (1874--1951). </P> <P> The Moro reflex may be a survival instinct to help the infant cling to its mother . If the infant lost its balance, the reflex caused the infant to embrace its mother and regain its hold on the mother's body . </P>

What would you say is the possible function of the moro reflex in infants
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