Future self-projection

1 paper4 findings

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

Labs are independent when their papers share no last author and no institution.

Against: findings that point the other way from most findings on the same outcome.

On aging: the drug’s trials ARN judged to be about aging, of every trial that tests it for any use.

No results posted: trials that ended more than a year ago with no results on ClinicalTrials.gov and no paper in ARN’s record.

Company ties: findings with an author at a company, or from a paper whose competing-interests statement declares ties to one.

1 lab in 1 country

Human trial1

Outcomes

Emotional suppression

no changein humans1

1 study

Future self-projection has no effect on emotional suppression in humans.
“No group differences emerged for emotional suppression.”
Human trialacross experimental conditions vs controln = 118
Extending the future in older adults: how temporal distance and health reassurance shape memory, emotion regulation, and time perspective
Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition26 Mar 2026

Cognitive reappraisal

upin humans1

1 study

Future self-projection improves cognitive reappraisal in humans.
“FTP and cognitive reappraisal increased across all experimental conditions compared to the control”
Human trialall experimental conditions vs controln = 118
Extending the future in older adults: how temporal distance and health reassurance shape memory, emotion regulation, and time perspective
Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition26 Mar 2026

Future time perspective

upin humans1

1 study

Future self-projection improves future time perspective in humans.
“FTP and cognitive reappraisal increased across all experimental conditions compared to the control”
Human trialall experimental conditions vs controln = 118
Extending the future in older adults: how temporal distance and health reassurance shape memory, emotion regulation, and time perspective
Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition26 Mar 2026

Episodic memory

upin humans1

1 study

Future self-projection improves episodic memory in humans.
“memory performance was significantly higher in the 20 year projection with health reassurance than in any other condition”
Human trial20-year projection with health reassurance vs other conditionsn = 118
Extending the future in older adults: how temporal distance and health reassurance shape memory, emotion regulation, and time perspective
Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition26 Mar 2026

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Neuropsychology, Development, and Cognition Section B, Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition26 Mar

Extending the future in older adults: how temporal distance and health reassurance shape memory, emotion regulation, and time perspective

Randomised trial in 118 peopleInterventions

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