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
- Consciousness lost and found: Subjective experiences in an unresponsive state (2011)
- Brain and Cognition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Dreaming in the multilevel framework (2011)
- Consciousness and Cognition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - How to assess ictal consciousness (2011)
- Behavioural Neurology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Dream bizarreness and waking thought in schizophrenia (2010)
- Psychiatry Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Dream bizarreness and waking thought in schizophrenia. (2010)
- Psychiatry Research
(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) - Sleep: Dreaming Data and Theories (2009) Encyclopedia of Consciousness Valli K., Revonsuo A.
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)