Katja Valli profile picture
Katja
Valli
Docent, Psychology
Adjunct Professor, Psychology
PhD, Docent

Contact

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

Sort by:

Dreaming in the multilevel framework (2011)

Consciousness and Cognition
Valli Katja
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

How to assess ictal consciousness (2011)

Behavioural Neurology
Johanson Mirja, Valli Katja, Revonsuo Antti
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))