Katja
Valli
Docent, Psychology
PhD, Docent
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Areas of expertise
Consciouness
altered states of consciousness
sleep
dreaming
anesthesia
evolutionary psychology
Biography
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.
Teaching
I regularly teach courses on sleep, dreaming and other altered states of consciusness, and on evolutionary psychology.
Research
Consciousness research, Altered states of consciousness, Neural correlates of Consciousness, Sleep and Dreaming, Anesthesia, Evolutionary psychology
Publications
Unet – Sattumalta syntyneitä vai suunniteltuja simulaatioita? (2015)
(Kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa (B2))Dreaming furiously? – A sleep laboratory study on the dream content of people with parkinson's disease and with or without rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (2015)
A sleep laboratory study on the dream content of people with parkinson's disease and with or without rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder
Sleep Medicine
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Nightmares are associated with seasonal variations in mood and behavior (2014)
Journal of Sleep Research
(O2 Muu julkaisu )
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)
Self- and external ratings of emotions in REM sleep dreams
Consciousness and Cognition
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Nightmares: Prevalence among the Finnish General Adult Population and War Veterans during 1972-2007 (2013)
Sleep
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Psykologin luonto (2012)
(Kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa (B2))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
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Can transcranial direct current stimulation over sensorimotor cortex alter dream content? (2012)
Journal of Sleep Research
(O2 Muu julkaisu )
Psykologin luonto (2012)
(Kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa (B2))Dreaming in the multilevel framework (2011)
Consciousness and Cognition
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))