For instance, when rats were trained to find their way around a maze, their brains produced the same activity patterns during sleep as when they had carried out the task – suggesting that the brain was reconstructing the experience.
From military, political, and cultural perspectives, Christine Haynes reconstructs the experience of the occupiers and the occupied in Paris and across the French countryside.
Published in 1983, it was a ground-breaking study of women in the 17th century which drew on a wide range of sources to reconstruct the experience and sensibilities of the period.
And now brand new research has shown that when we humans remember a past event we reconstruct the experience in our minds in reverse order.
"The healthy brain reconstructs the experience and glues together the different frames," says Rufin VanRullen at the French Centre for Brain and Cognition Research in Toulouse, "but if brain damage destroys the glue, you might only see the snapshots".
From reconstructing the past to experiencing sound, venues up and down the country will be hoping to win visitors over to the humanities this week.
The interpretation of epigraphic and archaeological material within the broader context of landscape, by means of creating a virtual model to reconstruct the sensory experiences of the ancient peoples who created those sites.
The interpretation of epigraphic and archaeological material within the broader context of landscape, by means of creating a virtual model to reconstruct the sensory experiences of the ancient peoples who created the sites.
An abiding commitment to reconstructing the culture and lived experiences of diverse Americans shapes her scholarship and teaching.
What the experience of reconstructing the climate history of the Colorado River showed, says Devineni, is that failing to understand the full range of climate variability in a region overtime can lead to costly mistakes.
