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Time to ask witnesses if they practice mindfulness?

A study out of the University of California suggests that “mindfulness” may implant false memories. If peer reviews verify the findings this would add one more hurdle to credibility determinations – witnesses who are being honest and forthcoming would be testifying to facts that may have never happened.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11855103/How-mindfulness-plays-havoc-with-memory.html