Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropsychologia. 2015 Jul 2;75:450–457. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.06.034

Table 1.

Contrasts included in the respective meta-analyses

Studies reporting joint activation for episodic memory and episodic simulation
Study episodes control task analysis n foci
Abraham et al. (2008) future & past semantic future & past MU: CO 20 25
Addis et al. (2007) future & past (construction) semantic retrieval & mental imagery (const.) MU: CO 14 5
future & past (elaboration) semantic retrieval & mental imagery (elab.) MU: CO 14 23
Addis et al. (2009) future & possible past & past semantic retrieval & mental imagery PLS: LV 18 21
Addis et al. (2011) future & past routine future & past events MU: CO 23 7
de Brigard et al. (2013) counterfactual & past semantic retrieval & mental imagery PLS: LV 17 5
Hach et al. (2014) future & past semantic retrieval & mental imagery PLS: LV 33* 14
Hassabis et al. (2007) fictitious & recall of fictitious & past mental imagery & recall of individual objects MU: CO 21 18
Spreng et al. (2010) future & past mentalizing PLS: LV 16 17
Szpunar et al. (2007) future & past mentalizing MU: AV 21 15
van Hoeck et al. (2013) future & counterfactual & past semantic retrieval & mental imagery MU: CO 14 22
Viard et al. (2011) future & past reading & letter identification MU: CO 12** 29
Weiler et al. (2010) future & past (construction) mentalizing (construction) MU: CO 17 50
future & past (elaboration) mentalizing (elaboration) MU: CO 17 49

Studies reporting greater activation for episodic simulation than episodic memory
Study contrast analysis n foci

Abraham et al. (2008) future > past MU 20 9
Addis et al. (2007) future > past (construction) MU 14 18
future > past (elaboration) MU 14 1
Addis et al. (2009) future & imagined past > past PLS 18 10
Addis et al. (2011) future > past MU 23 11
Gilmore et al. (2014) future > past MU 21 11
Kirwan et al. (2014) fictitious > past MU 14 8
Szpunar et al. (2007) future > past MU 21 8
Szpunar et al. (2009) future > past MU 27 10
van Hoeck et al. (2013) counterfactual > past MU 14 17
future > past MU 14 12
Viard et al. (2011) future > past MU 12 9
Weiler et al. (2010) future > past (construction) MU 17 6
future > past (elaboration) MU 17 6
*

16 controls and 17 depressed patients;

**

older subjects (mean age ± SD = 67.2 ± 5.2 years); AV: averaged; CO: conjunction; LV: latent variable; MU: mass-univariate; PLS: partial-least squares