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In more extreme cases, Professor Gillan's research has shown that it can even contribute to compulsive behaviours seen in conditions such as obsessive compulsivedisorder, substance use disorders, and eating disorders.

How obsessive are you when it comes to taking care of your voice?

Perhaps few places have been more obsessive followers of the rankings than Florida, where a state law encourages public universities to aim for high rankings.

But Currentzis is also controversial because he is, on one hand, an obsessive perfectionist and, on the other, a showy radical with highly original musical ideas.

“It won’t be the obsessive fascination with this novel phenomenon that it was last time,” said Andrew Heyward, a former CBS News president who now advises media companies.