This is incomplete, but it sounds similar to the memory-prediction framework theory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory-prediction_framework https://en.wikipe

This is incomplete, but it sounds similar to the memory-prediction framework theory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory-prediction_framework https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory-prediction_framework) and similar theories. Although I might be biased / primed to interpret it this way. Basically, according to such theories, we don't really "decide" anything; we carry out what we predict we're going to do, by hierarchically modelling patterns of input and output together in a hierarchy. E.g. "I am eating an apple" -> "I see an apple" and "I'm bringing the apple closer to my mouth" -> "I see lines and colour" and "I tense my hand and move my arm" Adding a biological perspective, my opinion is that motivation arises from attention modulation by neurotransmitters like dopamine and noradrenaline, and feeding this back into the abstract theory, the hierarchy of recognition favours converging on models with high stimulation weight ("I am eating tasty food" or "I am avoiding a car crash" rather than "I am completing boring paperwork")