In particular, Glimcher wants to identify brain structures that process key elements of utility theory when people face uncertainty: “(1) subjective value, (2) probability, (3) the product of subjective value and probability (expected subjective value), and (4) a neuro-computational mechanism that selects the element from the choice set that has the highest ‘expected subjective value’…”
特别地，格里姆切试图识别处理人们面临不确定性时的效用理论要素的大脑结构：“（1）主观价值；（2）概率；（3）主管价值和概率的乘积（期望直观价值）；以及（4）选取选择集中具有最大‘期望主观价值’元素的神经计算机制……”。