Metáforas do cérebro: Uma reflexão sobre as representações do cérebro humano na contemporaneidade

Abstract

In this paper we intend to present and discuss some metaphors of the human brain present in a sample of materials of science communication aimed, therefore, to reflect on meanings and uses associated with the human brain. In the case of the scientific dissemination, in which scientists and science journalists seek to translate or recreate to the lay public the scientific knowledge, the importance of metaphors is evident as they approach the lay public of certain meanings attributed by the promoters of science on the functioning of the brain. Finally, we analytically discuss a few points of contact between the metaphors found.