the total amount of the work that we can get out is just given by the area inside this curve.

能够输出的功就是,我们可以得出来,曲线所包围的面积。

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When we look at their brain and the same task, we are getting the same behavior that making the same amount of money, we see very little activation in this area.

在进行行为和奖励相同的试验时，我们观察到，他们的大脑在这一区域里很少出现活动。

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W2 So in this case, it's the amount of work is the area under that curve. And in this case here, the amount of work is bigger, w2 is bigger and it's the area under this curve.

这是路径2做的功,比W1要大，现在假设,我把这两条路径结合起来。

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