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priming Definition

prim·ing (prīmiŋ)

noun

  1. the act of a person or thing that primes
  2. the explosive used to set off the charge in a gun or in blasting
  3. primer (sense )

priming Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • pump: Most have specific topics for research or patient groups they prefer to fund; some small charities give pump priming for pilot projects.
  • show: The advanced group also showed more priming than the intermediates.
  • use: We use cross-modal priming in three experiments to examine the resolution of this ambiguity in speech perception.
  • mediate: We discuss the implications for McKoon and Ratcliff's theory of mediated priming.
  • predict: Thus, there is no reason to expect the viewer's front/back to predict priming or retrieval of information.
  • require: New technologies will require initial pump priming from government, and close co-operation between industry and academia to initiate research programs.

Adjective modifier

  • syntactic: It reports two studies which showed evidence for syntactic priming in comprehension.
  • lexical: Lexical Priming: A New Theory of Words and Language.
  • semantic: A good example is that of semantic priming ( see chapter 2 ).
  • negative: The results will be discussed in relation to current theories of negative priming.

Modifies a noun

  • paradigm: The present research for the first time employed the negative priming paradigm to explore the processing of ignored familiar faces.
  • experiment: We test this model in four syntactic priming experiments.
  • effect: Thus, a significant facilitation effect rather than a negative priming effect was obtained.
  • task: The implicit priming task of Meyer ( 1990 ) was adopted.
  • funding: The Committee was strongly supportive of any pump priming funding being used for this activity rather than in the area of CPD.
  • technique: Year: 1985 Abstract: Experiments on perception without awareness are discussed with special reference to the priming technique.

Noun used with modifier

  • repetition: These results pose problems for theories of repetition priming based on reinstatement of prior processing demands.
  • pump: There is provision in his budget for ' pump priming ' of pilot projects.
  • self: The model also predicts that the distinctiveness of the person's face should interact with the amount of self priming found.
  • seed: It would also be used in the seed priming project.

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