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===Development=== The insular cortex is considered a separate [[lobes of the brain|lobe]] of the [[telencephalon]] by some authorities.<ref>[http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761555359/Brain.html Brain], MSN Encarta. [https://web.archive.org/web/20091028015600/http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761555359/Brain.html Archived] 2009-10-31.</ref> Other sources see the insula as a part of the [[temporal lobe]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Kolb, Bryan |author2=Whishaw, Ian Q. |title=Fundamentals of human neuropsychology |publisher=Worth |location=[New York] |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-7167-5300-1 |edition=5th}}</ref> It is also sometimes grouped with limbic structures deep in the brain into a [[limbic lobe]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}} As a paralimbic cortex, the insular cortex is considered to be a relatively old structure.
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