Da Vinci code: study: 90% confirm Monalisa smile "fake"

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The Mona Lisa, created by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), is one of the most famous works of all time, but a new study shows that Mona Lisa's smile is false, according to mirror.co.uk.

In the study published in Cortex, researchers at the University of Cincinnati claimed that Mona Lisa's smile was "unreal." The researchers wrote, led by Dr. Luca Marcelli: "Our findings indicate that happiness is expressed only on the left side."

"According to some influential theories of emotional neuroscience, we interpreted here the smile of asymmetrical Mona Lisa as an unreal smile."

In the study, researchers asked 42 people to judge six of the basic emotions expressed by two different images of the Mona Lisa smile – a replica of the left side and one of the right side.

The results showed that 92.8% of the participants indicated that the left half of the smile showed happiness, while none of them indicated that it appeared on the right side.

83% said the right side showed a neutral expression, 12% said it was disgusting, and 5% said they were sad.

In the painting, there is no activation of the upper face muscles, and the real smile leads to the lifting of the cheeks and muscle contraction around the eyes.

"Given that it is unlikely that someone who sits motionless for hours to be drawn smiles constantly with real happiness, the simplest explanation is that the smile of Mona Lisa is a manifestation of" pretending to be happy. "

The study adds that based on the results, the researchers suggest that Da Vinci may have hidden encrypted messages in the painting.

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