Evaluate the collective function of references cited together in a given text segment.
Classify their combined role into one of the following categories: 'method', 'background', or 'result'.

Text:Our results confirm the important role of themedial temporal lobe network in the processing of emotional stimuli [5,6,7] and are consistent with evidence that refractoriness of theMTLEmay result in dysfunction of that network [26‚Äì29].
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