> Up to the second half of the 20th century, the behaviour of newborns was considered mostly reflexive. This is missing a serious caveat regarding a start date

> Up to the second half of the 20th century, the behaviour of newborns was considered mostly reflexive. This is missing a serious caveat regarding a start date. It might be correct to say since Darwin, or perhaps since Locke, but before that infants were often thought to be far more intellectually capable than most people assume today. Martin Luther, to pick one example, believed infants could have faith in Christ.