在任何世界名画前十名的列表中,一定都会有达芬奇的《蒙娜丽莎》。其吸引力部分来自于“蒙娜丽莎”的神秘。那些有幸可以在卢浮宫自由欣赏蒙娜丽莎的人们眼神中常常都充满了敬畏,他们也对蒙娜丽莎那看似转瞬即逝的微笑感到困惑。即使看它的复制品也会产生同样的效果——她笑了,她没有笑。蒙娜丽莎的微笑是怎么回事呢?哈佛大学的神经科学家玛格丽特·利文斯通相当确信自己已经解开了这个疑惑。其实没什么其它原因,利文斯通将蒙娜丽莎转瞬即逝的微笑产生的原因归为“我们看它的方式”。 In any list of top ten world famous paintings, there must have been Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa.” Part of its appeal comes from the mystery of the Mona Lisa. Those who were fortunate enough to be free to admire the Mona Lisa in the Louvre were often full of reverence, and they were puzzled by the seemingly fleeting smile on Mona Lisa. Even seeing a copy of it produces the same effect - she laughed and she did not laugh. Mona Lisa’s smile is how the matter? Harvard neuroscientist Margaret Livingstone is quite sure they have solved the confusion. Actually, for no other reason, Livingstone attributes the fleeting smile of Mona Lisa to “the way we look at it.”