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LET'S EXPLORE HOW THE BRAIN INTERPRETS VISUAL INFORMATION

Below is the real Mona Lisa.

The first image was inverted. What's interesting is that the engimatic smile that we see in Leonardo's painting is missing when the image is inverted. In fact, you might say that Mona Lisa is smurking in the inverted image.

Researchers believe that our interpretation of faces is affected by your left and right brain hemispheres. The inverted Mona Lisa in effect, plays with your head.

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Based on Building Mental Muscle: Conditioning Exercises for the Six Intelligence Zones

by David Gamon Ph.D. and Allen D. Bragdon

Read David Gamon's Column on ScienceMaster  

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