Our brain is mind-boggling May 18, 2011 | 3575 views | 0 0
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you know there are people who can remember every day of their
lives? They can remember details of what they did and who they
met every day of every year of their entire lives!  Does that
sound wonderful, horrible, unbelievable or all of the above?
These people have what is currently known as superior
autobiographical memory and were featured on CBS’ “60 Minutes”
and “The Early Show.”  On “60 Minutes,” reporter Lesley Stahl
interviewed actress and former “Taxi” star Marilu Henner who has
this gift. Henner said, “It’s like putting in a DVD and it cues
up to certain places. I am there again — seeing things visually
as I would have that day.”  Being one of only six people
recognized in the world as having this gift, Henner detailed how
her memory works on “The Early Show” in December 2010.  “For me,
the closest thing to it is kind of like selected scenes on a
DVD,” she said. “You know when y