orienting reflex

orienting reflex
the response of an animal to an unexpected or novel stimulus or alteration of a stimulus; it involves adjustments of head, body, or sensory organs to pay close attention to the stimulus. In higher vertebrates including humans it is mediated at the brainstem level. Called also orienting response.

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