UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

Join us! Be part of greatness! Together with Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) and Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC), the Malaysia Mental Literacy Movement organizes the 13th Malaysia Festival of The Mind 2017.

Date3 to 5 November 2017 (Friday, Saturday & Sunday)
No. of Days3 days
Time9:00am – 6:00pm
VenueMINES International Exhibition & Convention Centre (MIECC)
Mines Resort City, 43300, Seri Kembangan, 43300 Selangor, Malaysia.

Date15 & 16 July 2017 (Saturday & Sunday)
No. of Days2 days
Time10.00am – 5.00pm
VenueDewan Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
(Kampar Campus)
Jalan Universiti, Bandar Barat, 31900 Kampar, Perak.
Guest of HonourYBhg Datuk Ir Hong Lee Pee
Honorary President of AAET

Date8 & 9 July 2017 (Saturday & Sunday)
No. of Days2 days
Time10.00am – 5.00pm
VenueSports Complex Tunku Abdul Rahman University College
(Kuala Lumpur Main Campus)
Jalan Genting Klang, Setapak, 53300 Kuala Lumpur
Guest of HonourYBhg Tan Sri Lim Hock San
Managing Director of LBS Bina Group

Open to public. Free admission.

Malaysia Festival of the Mind is held annually and has been well-supported since its inaugural launch in 2007. The festival has attracted favourable response from all segments of society, from children to adults to retirees. It is a testament that age is no barrier to the pursuit of knowledge or mental literacy for continuous personal improvement.

Attend the festival and learn more about:
CreativityBrain PowerEmotional Intelligence
Mind PowerMind MappingThinking Skills
Memory  

Objectives

1. To imprint on the national consciousness the importance of mental literacy, i.e. intellectual resources for the nation’s growth, development and progress as well as the pursuit of quality life of all Malaysians. 

2. To introduce and to promote various techniques and skills pertaining to the improvement of mental literacy among Malaysians, such as memory skill, thinking skill, enhancing the right brain, speed reading, creativity, etc. 

3. To create awareness about the human mind and its unlimited potential; and ways of tapping into and developing one’s brainpower.

The theme for 2017 

The theme for the festival this year is Great Mind. The festival is seen to bring together all the great minds from every level of society to learn ways to improve and sharpen their minds. These activities encourage integration and unity among the community as they can be participated by people from all walks of life. At this year’s festival, witness the memory demonstration by International Master of Memory from China, Mental Literacy Talks & Workshops, the 3rd Inter-Varsity Sudoku Tournament, Paper Plane Challenge, Magic Show, Mind Games, Food Trucks, Lucky Draw and many more exciting mind blowing activities! The festival is proudly sponsored and supported by LBS Bina Group, YHI (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd - the sole distributor of Yokohama tyres, Bayer Co. (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, Top Glove Foundation, Melpac Sdn Bhd, Maju Tmas Sdn Bhd, The Star, Grand Kampar Hotel, Hock Seng Food (M) Sdn Bhd and Aktifotak.

Be part of greatness! Join us for the final league of the festival held in conjunction with the Kuala Lumpur Engineering Science Fair at the MINES International Exhibition & Convention Centre (MIECC) with more exhibitors and activities at our Green Glade area. The final league promises to offer new inspiring activities and a revisit to the ones we enjoyed as well. The end of this year's festival only means a bigger and better festival next year. Thank you to all who have contributed and supported MMLM and the "XIII Malaysian Festival of the Mind 2017". See you next year!

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

 


  • Talk and demonstration by Mr. Huang Sheng Hua from China
  • Memory skills demonstrations
  • INTER-VARSITY Sudoku Competition
  • Paper Plane Challenge
  • Green Glade (Hourly Activity Corner)
  • Showcase of training programmes/services, books and other mental literacy related products
  • Interactive Activities - Brain Sports, Brain Science & Virtual Reality, Brain Dietary, Brain Teaser and Eureka!
  • Lucky Draw
  • Food Trucks
 

 
Activity Sections
 

 
Brain Sports

Board Games Section

  • Scrabble
  • Chess
  • Checkers
  • Boggle
  • Mystery puzzles
Board games help the brain retain and build cognitive associations well into old age too. One of the primary benefits of playing board games is reducing the risk of cognitive decline, such as that associated with dementia and Alzheimer’s. Keeping your mind engaged means you are exercising it and building it stronger. A stronger brain has lower risks of losing its power.
 

 
Eureka!
  • Paper Airplane challenge
  • Puzzles
  • Building blocks
  • Stress therapy-colouring Mind tricks
  • Sudoku
  • Math Puzzles
Creativity is a marvel of the human mind. The mystery of the mind and its relations to the brain is being unraveled. At Eureka! You will be able to stretch and train your brain to the limit, you can train and test your memory or test your reflexes or even magnify your brain creativity and improve it.
 

 
Brain Science & Virtual Reality
  • How the brain works
  • Using right and left brain to create Virtual Reality
The human brain is an amazing and powerful tool. It allows us to learn, see, remember, hear, perceive, understand and create language. All professions have a compelling interest in how the brain works. The brain is the single most important structure in our bodies. As far as we can tell, the brain controls most of human thought and emotion.
 

 
Brain Teaser

What the brain ‘hears’

  • Visual language
  • Word Puzzles
  • Word Juztapoz
  • Riddles
  • Brainteasers
A specific part of the brain, the superior temporal gyros, is responsible for translating auditory signals into something the brain “hears.” Mapping how the brain processes sounds like plosives and fricatives could lead to better understanding of conditions such as dyslexia and autism, which involve problems encoding acoustic signals.
 

 
Brain Dietary

Traditional Chinese Medicine

  • Qi Gong exercise
  • Chinese herbs
  • Health advice
  • Pulse reading
  • Scalp massage
A healthy mind involves harmony between the brain and spirit. You can enhance brain-spirit harmony with certain nutrients, herbs, food science and acupressure. A TCM practitioner can treat the organ systems and acupuncture points that benefit patterns of disharmony associated with memory, retention, recall, learning, growth, development, aging, trauma and stress