En el presente trabajo aceptamos el reto que implica adoptar un pensamiento proposicional y, en consecuencia, presentamos, en primer lugar, evidencia de que los esquizofrénicos parecen tener una ejecución deficiente en multitud de tareas cognitivas que ha sido interpretada en función de un déficit en una fase específica del procesamiento; en la segunda parte, reformulamos tales déficits en términos de lo que para un buen número de investigadores constituye el problema central, esto es, el déficit atencional; a continuación cuestionamos también el propio déficit atencional en favor de un desorden en el arousal para, finalmente, proponer un interpretación de la esquizofrenia a la luz del enfoque de los “Modelos del Actuación en el Mundo”.
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