People construct self-representation beyond the experiential self and the self-concept can expand to interpersonal as well as intrapersonal dimensions. The cognitive ability to project oneself onto expanded selves in different time points and places plays a crucial role in planning and decision making situations. However, no research to date has shown evidence explaining the early mechanism of how processing the experiential self-information differs from processing the expanded self-information across temporal, social, spatial, and probability domains. We report novel effects showing a systematic information prioritization towards the experiential selves (i.e., The self that is now, here, and with highest certainty) compared to the expanded selves (i.e., The self that is in the future, at a distant location, and with lower certainty; Experiments 1a, 2, and 3). Implicit prioritization biases lasted over time (Experiment 1b; i.e., 4 months) indicating a trait-like more than a state-like measure of individual differences. Different biases, however, did not consistently correlate with each other (Experiments 1a to 3) suggesting separate underlying mechanisms. We discuss potential links to the basic structure of self-representation and individual differences for implications.

人们构建超越体验自我的自我表征，自我概念可以扩展到人际和内在维度。将自己投射到不同时间点和地点的扩展自我的认知能力在规划和决策情况中起着至关重要的作用。然而，迄今为止，还没有任何研究显示出证据来解释处理经验性自我信息与处理跨时间、社会、空间和概率域扩展的自我信息有何不同的早期机制。我们报告了新的效果，显示了与扩展的自我（即未来的自我，在遥远的地方，并且确定性较低；实验 1a、2 和 3)。随着时间的推移，内隐的优先排序偏差持续（实验 1b；即 4 个月），表明对个体差异的测量比状态测量更多。然而，不同的偏见并没有始终如一地相互关联（实验 1a 到 3），表明存在不同的潜在机制。我们讨论了与自我表征的基本结构和个体差异的潜在联系。