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Mona Lisa's smile demystified by software

Mona Lisa's smile demystified by software

Tim Moynihan
That expression on the Mona Lisa? Emotion-recognition software at the University of Amsterdam has determined that it's probably disgust. According to a BBC News report, the subject of Leonardo da Vinci's famous portrait is only about 83 percent happy. The remaining emotional breakdown goes like this: 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. A great next project would be to determine what the person in Edvard Munch's The Scream is hollerin' at.