They took this activity pattern as evidence that networks active during encoding are re-activated during retrieval; a pattern more generally consistent with theories of redintegration.Under the framework of redintegration, a component part of a consolidated memory is sufficient to (re)activate the whole experience's representation. If the consolidated memory, for example, entails both auditory and visual components, then stimulating with sounds would lead to both auditory and visual cortical activity (see also Rugg et al., 2008 for a similar framework).