Abstract：
The present chapter reviews the body of knowledge acquired so far about the role of the temporal lobe in representing and processing proper names and individual identity information. This body of knowledge has been collected with the contribution of several methodologies, including neuroimaging, electrophysiological techniques, and, critically, clinical observations. All this evidence converges in showing that proper names and related information are processed in at least partially independent neural networks mainly placed in the anterior areas of the left temporal lobe. A description of the properties distinguishing proper names from common names is provided. These properties, it will be claimed, made a different anatomical organization necessary and, possibly, determined the evolution of the brain to support this advantageous distinction in meeting environmental demands.
摘要：
本章回顾了迄今为止获得的有关颞叶在表示和处理专有名称和个人身份信息中的作用的知识体系。这种知识体系是在几种方法的贡献下收集的，包括神经成像,电生理技术,and,至关重要的是，临床观察。所有这些证据都集中在表明，专有名称和相关信息是在至少部分独立的神经网络中处理的，该神经网络主要位于左颞叶的前部区域。提供了对将固有名称与通用名称区分开的属性的描述。这些属性，它将被要求，做一个不同的解剖组织是必要的，可能,确定了大脑的进化，以支持满足环境需求的这种有利区别。
