# Attenuation model of attention
Because the cocktail party effect can't be explained by the Broadbent's filter model of attention, this model introduces an attenuator.
# References
Goldstein, Cognitive Psychology (p. 90).
Because of the results such as these, Anne Treisman (1964) proposed a modification of Broadbent's model, which became known as the attenuation model of attention.
# Backlinks
- The evolution of model to understand attention
- Which cognitive model should be used?
- Given that The purpose of a model is to simplify, some models seems to be simpler to understand than other. The introduction of Attenuation model of attention for example feels very complex, but this doesn't necessarily mean that Broadbent's filter model of attention is wrong.