limbic system and brain stem are subterranean regions

Categories: Comparisons

An example of a metaphor used in public science discourse:

"…you get the cortex which is your higher centre, then you've got some of these subterranean regions like the limbic system which does emotion and memory, and the brain stem…"

Dr Jules Montagu (consultant neurologist and author) was talking on an episode of the BBC radio/podcast series 'Dementia: Unexpected Stories of the Mind')

Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.