People can imagine their future selves without taking future-focused action. Identity-based motivation theory explains why. Hoerl & McCormack outline how. Present-focused action prevails because future “me” feels irrelevant to the choices facing current “me” unless future “me” is experienced as occurring now or as linked to current “me” via if-then simulations. This entails reasoning in time and about time.

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基于身份的动机和未来自我的悖论：前进需要考虑时间（以后）及时（现在）

人们可以想象他们未来的自我，而无需采取以未来为中心的行动。基于身份的动机理论解释了原因。Hoerl & McCormack 概述了如何。以现在为中心的行动盛行，因为未来“我”感觉与当前“我”面临的选择无关，除非未来“我”被体验为现在发生或通过 if-then 模拟与当前“我”相关联。这需要及时和关于时间的推理。