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semantic priming
semantic priming Semantic priming is the tendency for a person to process a word more easily when it is preceded by a meaningfully related word rather than an unrelated one.
Semantic priming is the tendency for a person to process a word more easily when it is preceded by a meaningfully related word rather than an unrelated one. It is used to study how knowledge is organized and retrieved, and the effect can reflect both automatic and more deliberate processing of the first word.