PhD, Docent Katja Valli - UTU Research Portal

Katja Valli
PhD, Docent

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

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.

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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
Dreaming in the multilevel framework (2011)
- Consciousness and Cognition
Valli Katja
How to assess ictal consciousness (2011)
- Behavioural Neurology
Johanson Mirja, Valli Katja, Revonsuo Antti
Dream bizarreness and waking thought in schizophrenia (2010)
- Psychiatry Research
Noreika V, Valli K, Markkula J, Seppala K, Revonsuo A
Dream bizarreness and waking thought in schizophrenia. (2010)
- Psychiatry Research
Noreika V., Valli K., Markkula J., Seppälä K., Revonsuo A.
Dreaming as a model system for consciousness research (2010) New Horizons in the Neuroscience of Consciousness Revonsuo A, Valli K
Tajunnanlaitamilla (2010) Valve - toisenkädentietoa Valli K
Sleep: Dreaming Data and Theories (2009) Encyclopedia of Consciousness Valli K., Revonsuo A.