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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Shirley M. Mueller M.d

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Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: My Struggle With Deaccession

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: My Struggle With Deaccession

Letting go: The difficulty of saying goodbye to a collection

08.01.2025 20

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Collecting Christmas: Holiday Enthusiasm and Collecting Are Intertwined

Christmas is a thematic focus and meaningful outlet for collecting tendencies.

22.12.2024 3

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Ferris Bueller and the Psychology of Tariffs

How will art collectors manage the upcoming tariffs? Psychology can help.

11.12.2024 2

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Market Disruptions and the Collector’s Mind

How tariff-induced uncertainties could reshape collecting choices.

07.12.2024 2

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Visual Self-Expression Leads to Rewards

Coloring, doodling, or free drawing activates reward pathways in the brain.

21.11.2024 2

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Artificial Intelligence and the Museum Experience

How AI tracking is revolutionizing the museum experience.

03.11.2024 2

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

When Horror Is a Hobby

For some people, fear is fun.

17.10.2024 10

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

What Distinguishes a Hoarder From a Collector?

3 characteristics can help tell the difference between a hoarder and a collector.

01.10.2024 1

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

The Biological Basis of New-Onset Collecting Behaviors

The complex interplay between organic brain changes and behavior.

25.08.2024 1

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Decoding Hoarding: A New Frontier

The neurological and psychological differences between hoarding disorder and OCD.

20.07.2024 1

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

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