Consider an instance of vivid recollection of a past experience. (religion-online.org)
Larisa DeSantis, a paleontologist at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, wanted a look at the lion's preserved teeth after reading a frightful passage from Patterson's 1907 account, The Man - Eaters of Tsavo: «I have a very vivid recollection of one particular night when the brutes seized a man from the railway camp and brought him close to my camp to devour. (sciencemag.org)
Gene variant (found in 30 percent of Caucasian population and 12 percent of African - Americans) leads to more vivid recollections of emotionally powerful episodes — both good and bad (scientificamerican.com)