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Before joining Tilburg University in November 2016, I was a Research Scientist (2005-2016) at the Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Development. Prior to that I was an ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2004-2005) at the Center for Language Evolution, The University of Edinburgh. I also studied at the University of Edinburgh, where I obtained a BSc. (Hons) in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science (1996), an MSc. in Cognitive Science (1997), and a Ph.D. (2003) in Cognitive Science. Before starting my Ph.D. in 1999 I held a Research Scientist position at SHARP Laboratories of Europe, Oxford.

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Recent publications

  1. Simulation

    Brighton, H., & Powell, W. (2022). Simulation. In V. P. Glăveanu (Ed.), The Palgrave Encyclopaedia of the Possible (pp. 1-7). Springer Nature.
  2. Rationality without optimality: Bounded and ecological rationality fr…

    Brighton, H. (2021). Rationality without optimality: Bounded and ecological rationality from a Marrian perspective. In Routledge Handbook of Bounded Rationality (pp. 268-279). Routledge.
  3. Statistical foundations of ecological rationality

    Brighton, H. (2020). Statistical foundations of ecological rationality. Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, 14, 1-32. Article 20202.
  4. Explaining Predictions by Approximating the Local Decision Boundary

    Vlassopoulos, G., van Erven, T., Brighton, H., & Menkovski, V. (2020). Explaining Predictions by Approximating the Local Decision Boundary. https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.07985
  5. Beyond quantified ignorance - rebuilding rationality without the bias…

    Brighton, H. (2019). Beyond quantified ignorance: rebuilding rationality without the bias bias. (Economics Discussion Papers; No. 2019-25). Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

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