?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+sleep+cycle%3A+a+mathematical+analysis+from+a+global+workspace+perspective&rft.creator=Wallace%2C+Rodrick&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=Dretske's+invocation+of+necessary+conditions+from+communication+theory+in+the+characterization+of+mental+process+serves+as+a+basis+for+deriving+Hobson's+AIM+treatment+of+the+sleep%2Fwake+cycle+from+Baars'+Global+Workspace+model.+One+implication+of+the+analysis+is+that+certain+sleep+disorders+may+be+recognizably+similar+to+many+other+chronic%2C+developmental+dysfunctions%2C+including+autoimmune+and+coronary+heart+disease%2C+obesity%2C+hypertension%2C+and+anxiety+disorders%2C+in+that+these+afflictions+often+have+roots+in+utero+or+adverse+early+childhood+experiences+or+exposures+to+systematic+patterns+of+structured+stress.+Identification+and+alteration+of+such+factors+might+have+considerable+impact+on+population-level+patterns+of+sleep+disorders.++This+suggests+the+possibility+of+a+comprehensive+public+health+approach+to+sleep+disorders+rather+than+current+exorbitantly+expensive+case-by-case+medical+intervention+that+does+little+more+than+prescribe+hypnotic+drugs+which%2C+in+themselves%2C+often+carry+a+substantial+health+burden.&rft.date=2005-08&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4517%2F1%2FSleep71.pdf&rft.identifier=++Wallace%2C+Rodrick++(2005)+The+sleep+cycle%3A+a+mathematical+analysis+from+a+global+workspace+perspective.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4517%2F