He was appointed
during President George W. Bush's
second term in 2005 and let the prosecutors go after a
performance review that some blasted as a loyalty litmus test.
The team also showed that blocking inputs to the amygdala from the hippocampus
during memory testing impaired short -
term memory
performance (tested on the
second and eighth days)-- but not distant memory (tested on days 15 and 22)-- whereas blocking inputs to the amygdala from the cortex showed the opposite pattern.