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
- Nightmares: Risk Factors Among the Finnish General Adult Population (2015)
- Sleep
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Unet – Sattumalta syntyneitä vai suunniteltuja simulaatioita? (2015) Kaikkea sattuu Valli Katja
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - I know how you felt last night, or do I? Self- and external ratings of emotions in REM sleep dreams – Self- and external ratings of emotions in REM sleep dreams (2014)
- Consciousness and Cognition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Nightmares are associated with seasonal variations in mood and behavior (2014)
- Journal of Sleep Research
(Other publication) - Nightmares: Prevalence among the Finnish General Adult Population and War Veterans during 1972-2007 (2013)
- Sleep
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Can observers link dream content to behaviours in rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder? A cross-sectional experimental pilot study (2012)
- Journal of Sleep Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Can transcranial direct current stimulation over sensorimotor cortex alter dream content? (2012)
- Journal of Sleep Research
(Other publication) - 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
(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)



