<p>When babies are born before they are fully developed they lack calcification level in the skull and, for that reason, their EEG appears of a larger amplitude than a new born baby.</p><p>While a burst suppression pattern suggests a person is about to die, a premature baby will show a burst suppression pattern, which is a normal pattern for a brain that is not ready to be out of the womb. This pattern consists of long periods of generalized attenuated or “flat” activity interrupted by high amplitude bursts of mixed frequencies and waveforms. The periods of quiescence between bursts can be as short as 6 seconds or as long as 25 to 30 seconds.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="@@PLUGINFILE@@/chart-eeg-patterning-early-life.png" alt="A chart of EEG patterning that occurs in early life" width="269" height="696" class="img-responsive atto_image_button_text-bottom"><br></p><p style="text-align: center;">Figure : A chart of EEG patterning that occurs in early life<br></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br></p>