Katja Valli
PhD, Docent
katval@utu.fi ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5133-8664 |
Areas of expertise
Consciouness; altered states of consciousness; sleep; dreaming; anesthesia; evolutionary psychology
Consciouness; altered states of consciousness; sleep; dreaming; anesthesia; evolutionary psychology
Biography
My research mainly focuses on the simulation theories of the evolutionary function
of dreaming (the threat simulation and social simulation theories), and on understanding the neural mechanisms of conscious experiences
in general, and dreaming in particular.
Research
Consciousness research, Altered states of consciousness, Neural correlates of Consciousness, Sleep and Dreaming, Anesthesia, Evolutionary psychology
Consciousness research, Altered states of consciousness, Neural correlates of Consciousness, Sleep and Dreaming, Anesthesia, Evolutionary psychology
Teaching
I regularly teach courses on sleep, dreaming and other altered states of consciusness, and on evolutionary psychology.
Publications
- ‘No Man is an Island’: Effects of social seclusion on social dream content and REM sleep (2022)
- British Journal of Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Unihalvaus (2022) Lääkärikirja Duodecim Valli Katja
(D2 Article in a professional compilation book) - Dream Sharing and the Enhancement of Empathy: Theoretical and Applied Implications (2021)
- Dreaming
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Foundations of human consciousness: Imaging the twilight zone (2021)
- Journal of Neuroscience
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Nightmare Distress Questionnaire: associated factors (2021)
- Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - On no man’s land: Subjective experiences during unresponsive and responsive sedative states induced by four different anesthetic agents (2021)
- Consciousness and Cognition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The dynamics of affect across the wake-sleep cycle: From waking mind-wandering to night-time dreaming (2021)
- Consciousness and Cognition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Alpha band frontal connectivity is a state-specific electroencephalographic correlate of unresponsiveness during exposure to dexmedetomidine and propofol (2020)
- British Journal of Anaesthesia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Dreaming and parasomnias in narcolepsy (2020) Parasomnia dreaming: Exploring other forms of sleep consciousness Valli K., Markkula J., Lamusuo S.
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Dreams and nightmares in healthy adults and in patients with sleep and neurological disorders (2020)
- Lancet Neurology
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )



