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Pilleriin
Sikka

Psychology
Postdoctoral Researcher

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Areas of expertise

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.

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General Anesthesia and Discrete Components of Ketamine Neurophysiology (2026)

JAMA Psychiatry
Deverett, Ben; Li, Duan; Lii, Theresa R.; Vlisides, Phillip E.; Tarnal, Vijay; Forsyth, Anna; Sumner, Rachael; Sikka, Pilleriin; Schatzberg, Alan F.; Muthukumaraswamy, Suresh; Mashour, George A.; Heifets, Boris D.
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Testing affect regulation theories of dreaming (2026)

Sleep
Baber, Garrett R.; Hamilton, Nancy A.; Girard, Jeffrey M.; Sikka, Pilleriin; Watts, Amber; Jun, Daiil; Gratton, Matthew K. P.; Cohen, Jamie M.; Quesada, Anna K.; Nichols, Elijah C.; Cunningham, Tony J.
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

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 )
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