Marilu and the superior autobiographical memory

(CBS) They can tell you what the weather was 20 years ago on a day picked at random when the rest of us have trouble remembering what we ate for lunch yesterday. They can recall almost every day of their lives. People with "superior autobiographical memory" are a tiny, but growing group that scientists are just beginning to study.

"60 Minutes" correspondent Lesley Stahl brings some of them together for the first time – including actress Marilu Henner, who Stahl realized had this ability but never knew how rare it was – for a report to be broadcast this Sunday, Dec. 19, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

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As she considered doing this story, Stahl realized Henner, one of her longtime friends, had this ability and didn't know how rare it was. Henner, who starred in the hit television show, "Taxi," describes it. "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," she says.

Henner was tested by McGaugh and pronounced the sixth person with superior autobiographical memory the scientific world is aware of.

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Marilu on 60 Minutes, Sunday, December 19, 7 PM Eastern.

May be delayed by football, so add an extra hour to your DVR.