PhD, Docent Katja Valli - UTU Research Portal

Katja Valli
PhD, Docent

- Docent,
Psychology (Department of Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology)

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

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

Teaching

I regularly teach courses on sleep, dreaming and other altered states of consciusness, and on evolutionary psychology.

Publications

4 of 4

Psykologin luonto (2012) Monitieteinen ympäristötutkimus Valli Katja
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)
Consciousness lost and found: Subjective experiences in an unresponsive state (2011)
- Brain and Cognition
Noreika V, Jylhankangas L, Moro L, Valli K, Kaskinoro K, Aantaa R, Scheinin H, Revonsuo A
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Dreaming in the multilevel framework (2011)
- Consciousness and Cognition
Valli Katja
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
How to assess ictal consciousness (2011)
- Behavioural Neurology
Johanson Mirja, Valli Katja, Revonsuo Antti
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Dream bizarreness and waking thought in schizophrenia (2010)
- Psychiatry Research
Noreika V, Valli K, Markkula J, Seppala K, Revonsuo A
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Dream bizarreness and waking thought in schizophrenia. (2010)
- Psychiatry Research
Noreika V., Valli K., Markkula J., Seppälä K., Revonsuo A.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Dreaming as a model system for consciousness research (2010) New Horizons in the Neuroscience of Consciousness Revonsuo A, Valli K
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)
Tajunnanlaitamilla (2010) Valve - toisenkädentietoa Valli K
(E1 Popularised article)
Early-night serial awakenings as a new paradigm for studies on NREM dreaming (2009)
- International Journal of Psychophysiology
Noreika V., Valli K., Lahtela H., Revonsuo A.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Sleep: Dreaming Data and Theories (2009) Encyclopedia of Consciousness Valli K., Revonsuo A.
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)
The threat simulation theory in light of recent empirical evidence: A review (2009)
- American Journal of Psychology
Valli K., Revonsuo A.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Alterations in the contents of consciousness in partial epileptic seizures (2008)
- Epilepsy and Behavior
Johanson M., Valli K., Revonsuo A., Chaplin J., Wedlund J.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Content analysis of subjective experiences in partial epileptic seizures (2008)
- Epilepsy and Behavior
Johanson M., Valli K., Revonsuo A., Wedlund J.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Dreams are more negative than real life: Implications for the function of dreaming (2008)
- Cognition and Emotion
Valli K., Strandholm T., Sillanmaki L., Revonsuo A.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
How to test the threat-simulation theory (2008)
- Consciousness and Cognition
Revonsuo A., Valli K.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
A test of the threat simulation theory - Replication of results in an independent sample (2007)
- Sleep and Hypnosis
Valli K., Lenasdotter S., MacGregor O., Revonsuo A.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Recurrent dreams: Recurring threat simulations? (2006)
- Consciousness and Cognition
Valli K., Revonsuo A.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The effect of trauma on dream content: A field study of Palestinian children. (2006) Valli K., Revonsuo A., Pälkäs O., & Punamäki R-L.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The threat simulation theory of the evolutionary function of dreaming: Evidence from dreams of traumatized children (2005)
- Consciousness and Cognition
Valli K., Revonsuo A., Pälkäs O., Ismail K., Ali K., Punamäki R.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Dreaming and consciousness: Testing the threat simulation theory of the function of dreaming (2000)
- Psyche
Revonsuo A., Valli K.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)