Slate special on neuroscience and other brain matters
Slate magazine has a special on mind development, brains, neuroscience, neurotheology and other brain-related issues appropriately named Brains! Lots of good articles on the latest developments in brain science. You should probably start with 5 biggest neuroscience developments of the year, which cross-links some other Slate articles compiled for this special. Train Your Brain is another article that describes how the humanity over the past century went from the idea of never-changing brain to an elastic brain that can be trained and improved with exercise.