And indeed, it's this part of the brain, the core of the nucleus accumbens, that is becoming active as you're measuring your gains and losses.

当你在计算得失时，大脑中的这部分——伏隔核的核心，变得活跃起来。当你要因为得到或失去而去冒巨大的风险时，它也会变得活跃。