PEDIATRICS Vol. 49 No. 2 February 1972, pp. 273-278
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GOLEMICS

S. Levin M.B. (Rand.), M.R.C.P. (Edin.), D.C.H.1

1 Johannesburg, South Africa

In the legend of the golem we find the prototype of the newly born and about-to-be-born baby. Like the perinatal infant, the golem was a robot, an automaton, functioning in a decerebrate fashion. In much recent work involving the neurology of infancy, and in particular the phenomenon of imprinting, it seems that neonatal and early infantile experiences can influence subsesequent behavior for a lifetime. The behavior and experiences of infancy and their consequences might be considered a separate field of study called Gobemics.

Submitted on July 15, 1970
Accepted on May 3, 1971