Pilleriin Sikka
Postdoctoral Researcher
pilsik@utu.fi ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/orcid.org/0000-0002-1926-6138 |
Areas of expertise
Cognitive neuroscience; Emotions; Sleep and Dreaming; Consciousness; Well-Being; Happiness
Cognitive neuroscience; Emotions; Sleep and Dreaming; Consciousness; Well-Being; Happiness
Research
The first line of my research focuses on studying the psychological and neural basis of altered states of consciousness utilizing the model system of the dreaming brain. I am especially interested in dream emotions and methodological issues in investigating dream (emotional) content.
The second line of my research explores the psychological and neural basis of (mental) well-being using a multidisciplinary and multilevel framework that draws on the concepts, theories and research from philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and (molecular) biology.
I also investigate well-being across waking and dreaming states, that is, how waking well-being is related to dream (emotional) content.
Publications 
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- The dynamics of affect across the wake-sleep cycle: From waking mind-wandering to night-time dreaming (2021)
- Consciousness and Cognition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - COVID-19-pandemian vaikutukset suomalaisten elämään - COVIDiSTRESS-hankkeen väliraportti (2020) Tuominen Jarno, Sikka Pilleriin, Lieberoth Andreas
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Dream affect (2020) Pilleriin Sikka
(G5 Article dissertation ) - Dream affect : conceptual and methodological issues in the study of emotions and moods experienced in dreams (2020) Pilleriin Sikka
(G5 Article dissertation ) - Subjective ratings of fear are associated with frontal late positive potential asymmetry, but not with early brain activity over the occipital and centro-parietal cortices (2020)
- Psychophysiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - EEG Frontal Alpha Asymmetry and Dream Affect: Alpha Oscillations over the Right Frontal Cortex during REM Sleep and Presleep Wakefulness Predict Angerin REM Sleep Dreams (2019)
- Journal of Neuroscience
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - How to study dream experiences (2019) Dreams: Understanding biology, psychology, and culture Sikka Pilleriin
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Dream emotions: a comparison of home dream reports with laboratory early and late REM dream reports (2018)
- Journal of Sleep Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Peace of mind and anxiety in the waking state are related to the affective content of dreams (2018)
- Scientific Reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Relationship between EEG frontal alpha asymmetry and dream affect (2018)
- Journal of Sleep Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - How You Measure Is What You Get: Differences in Self- and External Ratings of Emotional Experiences in Home Dreams (2017)
- American Journal of Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - 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) - The Existence of a Hypnotic State Revealed by Eye Movements (2011)
- PLoS ONE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - What is an altered state of consciousness? (2009)
- Philosophical Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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