Katja
Valli
Docent, Psychology
Adjunct Professor, 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
How You Measure Is What You Get: Differences in Self- and External Ratings of Emotional Experiences in Home Dreams (2017)
American Journal of Psychology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Nightmares as predictors of suicide: an extension study including war veterans (2017)
Scientific Reports
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
The Simulation Theories of Dreaming: How to Make Theoretical Progress in Dream Science – A Reply to Martin Dresler (2016)
A Reply to Martin Dresler
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))
Winter is coming: nightmares and sleep problems during seasonal affective disorder (2016)
Journal of Sleep Research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
The Avatars in the Machine – Dreaming as a Simulation of Social Reality (2016)
Dreaming as a Simulation of Social Reality
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))
Dreams (2016)
(Kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa (B2))Unennäkö: aivojen "lentosimulaattori" (2016)
(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: Risk Factors Among the Finnish General Adult Population (2015)
Sleep
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))