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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Shirley M. Mueller M.d

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Why Collectors Break the Law for Beautiful Things

The neuropsychology of taking risks to complete a collection.

24.05.2026 60

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Painting With Blood: Who Does It and Who Collects It

The art market's surprising appetite for paintings in blood.

12.04.2026 80

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

The Hoarding Brain: Executive Dysfunction Without Dementia

Dissecting what is behind hoarding disorder.

01.04.2026 80

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Rewired: How the Digital World Reshapes the Human Brain

24.02.2026 100

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

How AI Is Rewiring Winemaking and Wine Collecting

The future of wine production is beginning to change with AI.

19.02.2026 100

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

How Collectors Deceive Their Partners

11.02.2026 100

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Virtual Museums: A Closer Look at This Exit Strategy

05.02.2026 60

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Your Life's Work Preserved: Why Collectors Are Going Virtual

24.01.2026 150

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Does Red Wine Actually Improve Women’s Sex Lives?

18.01.2026 100

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Art, Antiques, and the Meaning of Giving in December

18.12.2025 60

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

What the Heart Remembers: Photo Collectors

07.12.2025 80

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

When Love Becomes Delusional: Animal Hoarding

22.11.2025 80

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Compassion for People Living in Hoarding or Squalid Conditions

17.11.2025 90

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Monsters in the Mind: The Frankenstein Collector

01.11.2025 100

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

What Hoarding Tells Us About Connection and Isolation

21.10.2025 70

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Collecting Myths: Wine, Health, and Desire

13.10.2025 50

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

The Psychology of Wine Labels: The Feminine Pour

09.10.2025 70

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Curating the Cellar: Women, Wine, and the Art of Collecting

03.10.2025 80

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

The Psychology Behind Money Hoarding

15.08.2025 100

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

What Labubu Dolls Say About Us

29.07.2025 50

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

The Neuropsychology Behind Our Emotions With Loss

17.07.2025 60

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Broken: The Neuropsychology of Loss

15.07.2025 60

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

We Come by Hoarding Naturally

02.07.2025 70

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Homeless Hoarders, a Hidden Crisis

23.06.2025 90

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

How Collecting Can Benefit Mental Health

15.06.2025 100

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Mental Health and Collecting

05.06.2025 100

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Inside the Collector’s Brain: How Creativity Drives Desire

24.05.2025 70

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Why Art Collectors Need Dataland

14.05.2025 80

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Are You a Clutterer or Hoarder?

11.04.2025 60

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Insights on Schizophrenia-Linked Hoarding

31.03.2025 50

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Hoarding Disorder Prevalence: A Scientific Assessment

23.03.2025 60

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d

Amy Tan’s Lyme Disease: The Body Speaks Through the Mind

20.03.2025 90

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Shirley M. Mueller M.d