%0 Journal Article %T Neuroliberalism: Cognition, context, and the geographical bounding of rationality %A Jessica Pykett %A Mark Whitehead %A Rachel Howell %A Rachel Lilley %A Rhys Jones %J Progress in Human Geography %@ 1477-0288 %D 2019 %R 10.1177/0309132518777624 %X Focusing on the rise of the behavioural sciences within the design and implementation of public policy, this paper introduces the concept of neuroliberalism and suggests that it could offer a creative context within which to interpret related governmental developments. Understanding neuroliberalism as a system of government that targets the more-than-rational aspects of human behaviour, this paper considers the particular contribution that geographical theories of context and spatial representation can make to a critical analysis of this evolving governmental projec %K behaviour change %K context %K irrationality %K neoliberalism %K neuroliberalism %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0309132518777624