Fig. 1.

Study organisation. Three independent infant samples were assessed in this study. The healthy full-term cohort data (green) were analysed to develop the standardised template analysis pipeline (2.2, 3.1). The very preterm cohort data (red) were analysed to assess the sensitivity of the stimulus-evoked template magnitudes to age-related maturation (2.3, 3.2). The late preterm cohort data (yellow) and final recording session of the very preterm cohort data (red, 34–37 weeks PMA) were analysed to assess the sensitivity of the stimulus-evoked template magnitudes to premature extrauterine exposure (2.4, 3.3). N = number of subjects; n = number of trial average recordings per stimulus included in the analysis; PMA = postmenstrual age (gestational age + postnatal age). Top: electrode arrangement. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)