Noun lobe

The noun lobe is the lobe of a creature's brain which is used by the game engine to retrieve the noun identifier - as represented by the highest-firing neuron in the lobe - to be used to construct spoken sentences describing the current object the creature is fixated on. In the normal brain model, this is based on the highest-firing neuron in the decision lobe. The actual wording comes from non-brain-handled vocabulary learning.

It will also draw the norn's attention to a nearby object of that name when it hears the word, regardless of whether it is the hand that is speaking or another norn. 

The noun identifier is also used in instincts to allow creatures to dream of certain scenarios: be it a pleasant encounter with a chunk of food, or a scary run-in with a grendel!

Noun lobe IDs in Creatures 3 and Docking Station
Compare with Classification system. Self Hand Door Seed Plant Weed Leaf Flower Fruit</li> Manky</li> Detritus</li> Food</li> Button</li> Bug</li> Pest</li> Critter</li> Beast</li> Nest</li> Animal egg</li> Weather</li> Bad</li> Toy</li> Incubator</li> Dispenser</li> <li>Tool</li> <li>Potion</li> <li>Elevator</li> <li>Teleporter</li> <li>Machinery</li> <li>Creature egg</li> <li>Norn home</li> <li>Grendel home</li> <li>Ettin home</li> <li>Gadget</li> <li>Portal</li> <li>Vehicle</li> <li>Norn</li> <li>Grendel</li> <li>Ettin</li> <li>Something (Geat)</li> </ol>