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: Risk Factors Among the Finnish General Adult Population (2015)
- Sleep
- Unet – Sattumalta syntyneitä vai suunniteltuja simulaatioita? (2015) Kaikkea sattuu Valli Katja
- 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
- Nightmares are associated with seasonal variations in mood and behavior (2014)
- Journal of Sleep Research
- Nightmares: Prevalence among the Finnish General Adult Population and War Veterans during 1972-2007 (2013)
- Sleep
- 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
- Can transcranial direct current stimulation over sensorimotor cortex alter dream content? (2012)
- Journal of Sleep Research
- Psykologin luonto (2012) Monitieteinen ympäristötutkimus Valli Katja
- Consciousness lost and found: Subjective experiences in an unresponsive state (2011)
- Brain and Cognition
- Dreaming in the multilevel framework (2011)
- Consciousness and Cognition



