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Is the amygdala in the temporal lobe?

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Front part of the temporal lobe. Depending on how you are viewing the brain, it is in front of the hippocampus and below the hypothalamus so to speak. If you have an fMRI or picture...its almond shaped.

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It is located in the medial temporal lobe.

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It is between your two temporal lobes, it is located in the center of the brain.

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The amydala is located in the diencephalon (as part of the "old" brain, rather than in the large portion of the "new" brain called the telencephalon, or cerebrum).

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They are found in the brain

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