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Train Your Brain To Get Smarter | Dina Halaseh | TEDxAmman

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Warm-up Questions

What does it mean to “train your brain to get smarter”?
What kinds of daily activities do you think can make your brain stronger?
If you could improve one mental skill (memory, focus, attention), which would you choose and why?

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Train Your Brain To Get Smarter | Dina Halaseh | TEDxAmman

School memory vs. modern skills (AI world) (00:00 – 01:32)

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1. What does the speaker say they train?

Running and physical strength
Memory, focus, attention, and other mental skills
Singing and public speaking

2. What were students mainly tested on at school, according to the speaker?

Doing group debates every day
Building robots and using AI
Remembering facts written on the board

3. In the world of AI, what does the speaker say we were never taught well?

How to speak only from memory
How to avoid all technology
How to use information creatively and analyze it

Train Your Brain To Get Smarter | Dina Halaseh | TEDxAmman

Fact 1: You can train your brain (memory list story method) (01:32 – 03:53)

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1. What is Fact number one?

You can actually train your brain
Only children can become smarter
You can download knowledge instantly

2. What is the first item in the shopping list?

Milk
Egg
Cheese

3. In the memory story, what is riding the boat made from apple slices?

A chicken
A dog
A fish

Train Your Brain To Get Smarter | Dina Halaseh | TEDxAmman

Facts 2 & 3: Training makes you smarter; treat your brain like a muscle (03:53 – 06:01)

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1. What does the speaker say in point number two?

If you can train your brain, then you can become smarter
Smart people never need practice
Memory training is only for shopping lists

2. What does the speaker encourage you to treat your brain like?

A computer chip
A muscle
A machine that never changes

3. What practice cycle does the speaker recommend?

Avoid hard tasks so you don’t fail
Learn only by memorizing facts once
Try something hard, practice until it becomes easy, then try something harder

Train Your Brain To Get Smarter | Dina Halaseh | TEDxAmman

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1. What is the main message of the talk?

Only some people are born smart and cannot change
People should stop using technology
The brain can be trained and improved with practice

2. Why does the speaker use a strange, vivid story (milk splashes, egg, river of cheese)?

To suggest that shopping lists are impossible
To show how imagination can help memory
To prove that facts are useless

3. Which skill is NOT highlighted as something to train in the talk?

Driving
Logic
Focus

Discussion Questions

Discuss the ideas from this video

Train Your Brain To Get Smarter | Dina Halaseh | TEDxAmman

Do you think schools focus too much on memorizing facts? Why or why not?
Which technique from the talk would you actually try this week to improve your memory or focus?
The speaker says “try something hard” and repeat it until it becomes easy. What is a skill you could improve this way?
How does easy access to information (phones, AI) change what it means to be “smart” today?