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.
- Nightmares share genetic risk factors with sleep and psychiatric traits (2024)
- Translational Psychiatry
- The relationship of bispectral index values to conscious state: an analysis of two volunteer cohort studies (2024)
- British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Viral simulations in dreams: The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on threatening dream content in a Finnish sample of diary dreams (2024)
- Consciousness and Cognition
- COVID-19 on Mind: Daily Worry About the Coronavirus Is Linked to Negative Affect Experienced During Mind-Wandering and Dreaming (2023)
- Emotion
- Dangerous Waters: The Impact of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami on Survivor Dream Content (2023)
- Dreaming
- Dangerous waters: The impact of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami on survivor dream content. (2023)
- Dreaming
- Decreased Thalamic Activity Is a Correlate for Disconnectedness during Anesthesia with Propofol, Dexmedetomidine and Sevoflurane But Not S-Ketamine (2023)
- Journal of Neuroscience
- Dreams in the Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Theoretical Perspectives on the Way the Pandemic Affects Dream Contents (2023) The Social Science of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Call to Action for Researchers Tuominen Jarno, Revonsuo Antti, Valli Katja
- Circulating oxylipin and bile acid profiles of dexmedetomidine, propofol, sevoflurane, and S-ketamine : a randomised controlled trial using tandem mass spectrometry (2022)
- BJA Open
- Effects of dexmedetomidine, propofol, sevoflurane and S-ketamine on the human metabolome: A randomised trial using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (2022)
- European Journal of Anaesthesiology



