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Inside the head of a collector : neuropsychological forces at play
- Title
- Inside the head of a collector : neuropsychological forces at play / Shirley M. Mueller, M.D.
- Author
- Mueller, Shirley M.
- Publication
- Seattle : Lucia, [2019]
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Details
- Description
- 191 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 28 x 23 cm
- Summary
- "Collecting objects gives enormous pleasure to approximately one third of the population. On the other hand, the same pursuit can engender pain. Now, for the first time, scientific research in neuro- and behavioral economics gives us a way to enhance the positive aspects of collecting and minimize the negative. Author Shirley M. Mueller, MD, relates her own experiences as a serious collector and as a neuroscientist to examine different behavioral traits which characterize collectors"--
- Subjects
- Art
- History
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Exhibition catalogs
- Decision making > Methodology
- Art and science
- Neuroeconomics
- Aesthetics
- Neuropsychology
- Porcelain, Chinese > Collectors and collecting
- Indiana
- Collectors and collecting > Psychological aspects > Case studies
- Economics > Psychological aspects > Case studies
- Art > Collectors and collecting > Psychological aspects
- Genre/Form
- Art.
- Exhibition catalogs.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
- Why we collect -- Foreword / by Dominic Jellinek -- The thrill of the chase -- Novelty and discovery -- Social benefits -- Fakes -- Breakage and loss -- Collecting gone awry -- Neural and behavioral economics -- Brain mechanisms at work -- The collector's decision -- The irrationality of it all -- Bargains -- Art as an investment -- Museum relationships -- Collection dispersal -- Using neuroscience and behavioral economics beyond collecting -- My guest curator's story -- Epilogue: Beyond Freud.
- Call Number
- JFF 19-2535
- ISBN
- 9780999652275
- 0999652273
- LCCN
- 2019004927
- OCLC
- 1083575943
- Author
- Mueller, Shirley M., author.
- Title
- Inside the head of a collector : neuropsychological forces at play / Shirley M. Mueller, M.D.
- Publisher
- Seattle : Lucia, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 19-2535