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      Pilleriin Sikka

      Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience
      School of Bioscience
      Room G1253

      Biography

      Pilleriin Sikka is a Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Skövde (Sweden). Currently, she is also a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stanford Psychophysiology Laboratory, Stanford University where she performs research on emotions and emotion regulation together with prof. James J. Gross. Pilleriin is also affiliated with the University of Turku (Finland). Previously, she worked at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford (UK). She holds a PhD degree in Psychology (University of Turku, Finland), MSc degree in Neuroscience (University of Oxford, UK), and MSc and BSc degrees in Psychology (University of Tallinn).

      Courses

      KU136G Basic Neuroscience (course coordinator; lecturer)

      KU337G Central Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience (course coordinator; lecturer)

      KU105G Positive Psychology and Well-Being (course coordinator; lecturer)

      KU135G Psychology from a Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective (lecturer)

      KU328G Miniconference in Positive Psychology (course coordinator; lecturer)

      KU526G Tutorial in Cognitive Neuroscience (lecturer/supervisor; examiner)

      KU523G Bachelor Degree Project in Cognitive Neuroscience (supervisor; examiner)

      KU724A Master Degree Project in Cognitive Neuroscience (supervisor; examiner)

      Merits and Awards

      (2020) the Golden Apple (Guldäpplet) award 2020 for outstanding teaching, University of Skövde, Sweden

      (2015) the Golden Apple (Guldäpplet) award 2015 for outstanding teaching, University of Skövde, Sweden

      (2010) the Golden Apple (Guldäpplet) award 2010 for outstanding teaching, University of Skövde, Sweden

      Education

      Programme
      60 credits
      Master's (2nd cycle)

      Research

      My research

      Pilleriin's main research interests include emotions and emotion regulation across the wake-sleep cycle and their relationship to health and well-being. More specifically, she studies (1) the nature and continuity of emotional experiences across different states of consciousness—from wakefulness to mind-wandering (or daydreaming) to sleep; (2) how emotions experienced during dreaming are associated with emotion regulation in wakefulness; and (3) the psychological and neurobiological correlates of peace of mind—an aspect of mental well-being—and its relation to emotion regulation.

      In her research she uses a multidisciplinary and multilevel framework that draws on the concepts, theories, and research from philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and (molecular) biology and integrates different research areas, such as emotion research, sleep and dream research, consciousness research, and well-being research.

      2024

      David A. Preece, Kate Petrova, Ashish Mehta, Pilleriin Sikka, James J. Gross

      Journal of Affective Disorders

      2024. Article. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.271 Open Access

      Pilleriin Sikka, Jarno Tuominen, Alejandro Ezquerro Nassar, Manuela Kirberg, Ville Loukola, Antti Revonsuo, Katja Valli, Jennifer Windt, Tristan A. Bekinschtein, Valdas Noreika

      Emotion

      2024. Article. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001255 Open Access

      2023

      Angélique M. Blackburn, Hyemin Han, Rebekah A. Gelpí, Sabrina Stöckli, Alma Jeftić, Brendan Ch'ng, Karolina Koszałkowska, David Lacko, Taciano L. Milfont, Yookyung Lee, COVIDiSTRESS II Consortium, Sara Vestergren

      Health Psychology

      2023. Article. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001268

      David A. Preece, Ashish Mehta, Kate Petrova, Pilleriin Sikka, Johan Bjureberg, Rodrigo Becerra, James J. Gross

      Journal of Affective Disorders

      2023. Article. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.12.065

      David A. Preece, Ashish Mehta, Kate Petrova, Pilleriin Sikka, Johan Bjureberg, Wai Chen, Rodrigo Becerra, Alfred Allan, Ken Robinson, James J. Gross

      Journal of Affective Disorders

      2023. Article. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.01.036 Open Access

      Pilleriin Sikka, James J. Gross

      Affective Science

      2023. Article. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-023-00204-2 Open Access

      Pilleriin Sikka, Antti Revonsuo, James J. Gross

      Personality and Individual Differences

      2023. Article. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2023.112378 Open Access

      2022

      COVIDiSTRESS II Consortium, Angélique M. Blackburn, Sara Vestergren, Pilleriin Sikka, Emina Zoletic

      Scientific Data

      2022. Article. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01383-6 Open Access

      Henry Railo, Anni Varjonen, Minna Lehtonen, Pilleriin Sikka

      Neurobiology of Language

      2022. Article. https://doi.org/10.1162/nol_a_00080 Open Access

      Pilleriin Sikka, Hilda Engelbrektsson, Jinxiao Zhang, James J. Gross

      Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

      2022. Article. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.981289 Open Access

      Ongoing projects

      Food – Gut – Brain – Mind – Health

      The study is a human study for healthy volunteers who for three weeks replace their usual diet with a ketogenic diet. Metabolic, microbiotic, neurobiological and clinical parameters are measured before and after the study. This means that a whole-body perspective is taken into account when it comes to health, but also the mental part as well as how the mentally status linked to the dietary change.

      September 2020 - December 2025 DHEAR
      Published: 1/9/2020
      Edited: 11/23/2020
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