By contrast, retrieving epi- sodic memories of actual experiences, relative to the other two conditions, was associated with activity in anterior medial
prefrontal cortex and posterior cingulate (Figure 3B), which the authors linked with processes that support self-relevant processing (e.g., Conway and Pleydell-Pearce, 2000; Kelley et al., 2002) and perhaps mental time travel (e.g., Tulving, 2002a).