Mona Lisa's famous smile might not have been genuine when she was painted by Leonardo da Vinci more than 500 years ago.

Mona Lisa's smile could be a lie, neuroscientists say If you had to sit still for hours, you might not be able to muster a genuine smile either.

But for most, the true magic of the “Mona Lisa” comes not from an obsessive collection of historical information, but from the pure passion that viewing it inspires.

If the "Mona Lisa" was showing a few teeth, Leonardo da Vinci’s 16th-century masterpiece might not be quite as famous as it is. That’s because the portrait, believed to be of Lisa Gherardini ...

The Mona Lisa is of course one of the world’s most famous pieces of artwork, yet people have always wondered whether the wwoman depicted in the painting is smiling or not.

Cognitive scientists explain why Mona Lisa’s smile was not genuine Was Mona Lisa faking it? Researchers think they have cracked the code of the Mona Lisa's enigmatic smile ...

Analysis of the “Mona Lisa” shows, he says, that “when Leonardo began painting the model in front of him, he did not draw that metaphysical, ironic, poignant, elusive smile, but rather he ...

Mona Lisa's smile comes and goes, she says, because of how the human visual system is designed, not because the expression is ambiguous.

The Mona Lisa ’s smile came not from some divine intervention. Instead, it was the product of years of painstaking and studied human effort involving applied science as well as artistic skill.

Researchers hope DNA testing and the reconstruction of facial remains will reveal more about the real “Mona Lisa.” ...