評論
打印
Is It Really a Smile?
這真的是一個微笑嗎?
Is the Mona Lisa in Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece smiling at us when we look at her?
當我們欣賞列奧納多·達·芬奇的杰作《蒙娜麗莎》時，她真的在向我們微笑嗎？
For years, viewers of the painting have been divided
數年來，觀賞畫作之人分為兩類：
between those who see a little smile and those who don't.
能看到一點點微笑的和看不到微笑的。
But now Spanish researchers may have solved the mystery of the Mona Lisa, reports the UK's Daily Telegraph.
但是據英國《每日電訊報》報道，現在西班牙的研究者們或許已經解開了蒙娜麗莎之謎。
It's not a matter of the painting but the viewer, they say.
他們說，神秘之處不在畫本身，而在于觀看者。
Whether we think she is smiling or not depends upon which cells in the eye catch the image first
我們是否認為她在微笑取決于我們眼睛的哪些細胞首先捕捉到了形象，
and how information from the image moves through the brain.
以及來自于圖像的信息如何在大腦中運行。
