Amygdala Amygdala The amygdala (; plural: amygdalae; also "corpus amygdaloideum"; Latin from Greek, , "", 'Almond', 'tonsil') is one of two almond-shaped clusters of nuclei located deep and medially within the temporal lobes of the brain in complex vertebrates, including humans. Shown in research to perform a primary role in the processing of memory, decision-making and emotional responses (including fear, anxiety, and aggression), the amygdalae are considered part of the limbic system. The regions described as amygdala nuclei encompass several structures with distinct connectional and functional characteristics in humans and other animals. Among these nuclei are the basolateral complex, the cortical
Intermediate-term memory phase of long-term memory, respectively—thus demonstrating the presence of a form of memory that exists between working memory and long-term memory, which they referred to as "intermediate-term memory". Though the idea of intermediate-term memory has existed since the 1990s, Sutton "et al." introduced a novel theory for the neural correlates underlying intermediate-term memory in "Aplysia" in 2001, where they described it as the primary behavioral manifestation of intermediate-term facilitation. In 2001, Sutton and colleagues proposed that intermediate-term memory possesses the following three characteristics: Because intermediate-term memory does not involve transcription, it likely involves the translation of mRNA transcripts already present