Can Neuroscience Change Our Minds?Neuroscience, with its astounding new technologies, is uncovering the workings of the brain and, with this, perhaps the mind. The 'neuro' prefix spills out into every area of life, from neuroaesthetics to neuroeconomics, neurogastronomy, and neuroeducation. With its promise to cure physical and social ills, the government sees neuroscience as a tool to increase the 'mental capital' of the children of the deprived and workless. It sets aside