Grasp

In the second stage, the infants will then clench fingers once the object has made contact with the palm and close.

[5] Infants progress their grasping skills throughout time by practice and providing objects that are reachable.

Stable patterns of reaching in order to grasp continue to develop as the child grows and matures.

[7] Hand grasps can be grouped into taxonomies according to qualitative and quantitative properties, leading to specific clusters of movements.

Simple synergies are present, when all the components of the hand are moving in a similar pattern.