with the aid of a variety of methods investigators have demonstrated that the insular lobe has connections with : ( 1 ) portions of the frontal , parietal , and temporal lobes as well as of the cingulate gyrus , ( 2 ) the basal nuclei especially the tail of the caudate , putamen , and claustrum , ( 3 ) the amygdaloid body and other limbic constitutents , and ( 4 ) the dorsal thalamus .
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temporal lobes
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amygdaloid body