It has long been used to treat emotional and behavioral disorders, and now psychologists are examining its benefits at work.

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Palmisano says his second big thought is how hard it has been for many companies to get beyond an emotional attachment to the past, and what had previously made them successful.

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While this is an early study with a small sample size, it is the first time this type of anger or emotional stress testing has been shown to correlate with future arrhythmias, he said.

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Alan Edwards, one of the NoW journalists who has now lost his job, told the BBC it had been a "terribly emotional" final day on the paper, working on a "momentous edition".

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"Nobody is going to know what it is if they see it in a restaurant--it's more emotional than that, " says Benjamin Clymer, whose Hodinkee.com has been instrumental in showcasing top independent brands.

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