Katja Valli
PhD, Docent
katval@utu.fi |
Consciouness; altered states of consciousness; sleep; dreaming; anesthesia; evolutionary psychology
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.
Consciousness research, Altered states of consciousness, Neural correlates of Consciousness, Sleep and Dreaming, Anesthesia, Evolutionary psychology
I regularly teach courses on sleep, dreaming and other altered states of consciusness, and on evolutionary psychology.
- Individual and Situational Predictors of Threatening Dream Content During the COVID‐19 Pandemic (2026)
- Journal of Sleep Research
- NREM-parasomniat (2026) Unilääketiede Lamusuo, Salla; Markkula, Juha; Saarenpää-Heikkilä, Outi; Sarkanen, Tomi; Valli, Katja
- REM-parasomniat (2026) Unilääketiede Sarkanen, Tomi; Valli, Katja; Markkula, Juha
- Unennäkö (2026) Unilääketiede Valli, Katja; Tuominen, Jarno
- Univaiheesta riippumattomat / muut parasomniat (2026) Unilääketiede Valli, Katja
- Yksittäiset ja käyttäytymisen normaalivaihteluun liittyvät oireet (Isolated symptoms and normal variants) (2026) Unilääketiede Valli, Katja
- A dream EEG and mentation database (2025)
- Nature Communications
- State anxiety is associated with hormonal, cardiovascular, and sleep parameters in Finnish postmenopausal women (2025)
- Maturitas
- Dream function and dream amnesia: Dissolution of an apparent paradox (2024)
- Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
- Morning tiredness and insomnia symptoms are associated with increased blood pressure in midlife women (2024)
- Maturitas



