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Katja
Valli

Docent, Psychology

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Areas of expertise

Consciousness (altered states of consciousness, e.g., sleep, dreaming, parasomnias, anesthesia)
cognitive neuroscience
evolutionary psychology

Biography

My research mainly focuses on understanding the content and neural mechanisms of conscious experiences, utilizing altered states of consciousness, and on investigating the evolutionary function of dreaming (the threat simulation and social simulation theories).

Teaching

Evolutionary psychology.

Research

Consciousness research, Altered states of consciousness, Neural correlates of Consciousness, Sleep and Dreaming, Anesthesia, Evolutionary psychology

Publications

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NREM-parasomniat (2026)

Lamusuo, Salla; Markkula, Juha; Saarenpää-Heikkilä, Outi; Sarkanen, Tomi; Valli, Katja
(D2 Artikkeli ammatillisessa kokoomateoksessa)

Unennäkö (2026)

Valli, Katja; Tuominen, Jarno
(A3 Vertaisarvioitu kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa)

REM-parasomniat (2026)

Sarkanen, Tomi; Valli, Katja; Markkula, Juha
(D2 Artikkeli ammatillisessa kokoomateoksessa)

A dream EEG and mentation database (2025)

Nature Communications
Wong, William; Herzog, Rubén; Andrade, Katia Cristine; Andrillon, Thomas; de Araujo, Draulio Barros; Arnulf, Isabelle; Ataei, Somayeh; Avvenuti, Giulia; Baird, Benjamin; Bellesi, Michele; Bergamo, Damiana; Bernardi, Giulio; Blagrove, Mark; Decat, Nicolas; Demirel, Cagatay; Dresler, Martin; Eichenlaub, Jean-Baptiste; Elce, Valentina; Gais, Steffen; De Gennaro, Luigi; Gott, Jarrod; Hiramatsu, Chihiro; Juel, Bjorn Erik; Konkoly, Karen R.; Kumral, Deniz; Lacaux, Celia; LaRocque, Joshua J.; Lenggenhager, Bigna; Mallett, Remington; Mota-Rolim, Sérgio Arthuro; Motomura, Yuki; Nilsen, Andre Sevenius; Noreika, Valdas; Oudiette, Delphine; Palhano-Fontes, Fernanda; Palmieri, Jessica; Paller, Ken A.; Perogamvros, Lampros; Revonsuo, Antti; van Rijn, Elaine; Scarpelli, Serena; Schönauer, Monika; Schoch, Sarah F.; Siclari, Francesca; Sikka, Pilleriin; Storm, Johan Frederik; Takeichi, Hiroshige; Valli, Katja; Wamsley, Erin J.; Windt, Jennifer M.; Zhang, Jing; Zhao, Jialin; Tsuchiya, Naotsugu
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )