Based on previous research discussed earlier (Szpunar et al., 2007), Szpunar et al. (2009) hypothesized that several posterior cortical regions, including parahippocam- pal cortex and posterior cingulate, would exhibit increased activity for familiar past and future settings, compared with unfa- miliar future settings, and their results supported this hypothesis. Szpunar et al. (2009) interpreted these findings in light of work by Bar and colleagues (e.g., Bar and Aminoff, 2003; Bar, 2007) showing that both of these regions play a role in generating contextual associations based on past experience, which is important for both remembering the past and imagining the future.