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Antti Revonsuo is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the School of Bioscience, University of Skövde, where he conducts research on consciousness, dreaming, and altered states of consciousness. His work spans multiple disciplines including philosophy, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.
Revonsuo's primary research interests include theories of consciousness, neural mechanisms of visual consciousness, and altered states of consciousness (particularly dreaming, hypnosis, and anesthesia). He developed the influential Threat-Simulation Theory of dreaming and the theoretical framework of 'biological realism' regarding consciousness as a higher level of biological organization in the brain. His work proposes that consciousness functions as a phenomenal world-simulation that we experience as reality during both wakefulness and dreaming.
Analysis of his recent publications reveals a strong focus on electrophysiological correlates of consciousness, particularly using ERP (event-related potential) methods. His work spans multiple domains including visual and auditory awareness, anesthesia research, dream content analysis, and the effects of traumatic events and global crises on dreaming. The research consistently applies rigorous neuroscience methods to explore fundamental questions about consciousness and subjective experience.
Revonsuo has supervised numerous PhD students including Niina Salminen-Vaparanta, Henry Railo, Valdas Noreika, Pilleriin Sikka, Nils Sandman, Katja Valli, and Sakari Kallio. He has led significant research projects such as 'Neurophilosophy of Consciousness' (2006-2010) and 'Neuroscience of Brainreading' (2008-2011), which examined neural mechanisms of altered states of consciousness and the consciousness-unconsciousness borderline using EEG and PET imaging.
His laboratory focuses on investigating the neural substrates of consciousness through various methodologies including EEG, ERP, TMS, and neuroimaging. Current projects examine dream content following trauma, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on dreaming and mind-wandering, and the relationship between waking emotional states and dream affect. Revonsuo's Consciousness Research Group continues to advance our understanding of the biological basis of subjective experience.
