title: Anomia for people's names.
abstract: The case of an anomia for people's names is reported. The study of this dissociation helps to clarify the difference in processing between proper and common names. Associated deficits in this and previously described cases provide support for the idea that an inability to retrieve arbitrary relations is the basis of the naming difficulty. This would confirm the role of proper names as purely referring expressions.
authors.affiliation: Univ. Klinik für Neurologie, Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hittmair-Delazer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Denes
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Semenza
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Mantovan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000849:Anomia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001037:Aphasia / Q000503:physiopathology; D001245:Association Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology*; D009275:Names; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010153:Paired-Associate Learning / Q000502:physiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012691:Serial Learning / Q000502:physiology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed