Right-and left-brain approaches to death education.
Some recent advances in the understanding of brain function are considered in terms of their potential impact on death education. The notion of right- and left-brain cognitive styles is examined in terms of the pedagogic impact it may have on an individual's capacity to understand and therefore be educated on the subject of death. The idea that the human brain (mind?) relates to death in two diametrically opposed ways is discussed and a holistic death educational format is proposed based on the synthesis of these two oppositional styles.
D001293:Attitude to Death; D001931:Brain Mapping; D003643:Death; D006801:Humans; D013795:Thanatology