Mechanical brain metaphors all reduce the brain to a control center

Evidence

Essentially, these are mechanical metaphors, which turn the brain—as they do machines—into a control center. The two most famous, today put back into question by the discovery of plasticity, are the ”central telephone exchange brain” and the ”computer brain.” The two assimilate the brain to a center and its organization to a process of centralization. — Catherine Malabou, What Should We Do with Our Brain?, 118