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For those who like me didn't know what "priming" is in this context: "Priming is a theory in which an implicit memory effect in which exposure to one stimulus
by new299 9y ago
For those who like me didn't know what "priming" is in this context:
"Priming is a theory in which an implicit memory effect in which exposure to one stimulus (i.e., perceptual pattern) influences the response to another stimulus. ... For example, NURSE is recognized more quickly following DOCTOR than following BREAD."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priming_(psychology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priming_(psychology)
- bzbarsky 9y agoTo be clear, the DOCTOR/NURSE example is an example of "semantic priming" as mentioned near the end of the blog comment. There's decent experimental evidence for semantic priming. The "priming" that's mostly being discussed in the comment and blog post it's replying to, on the other hand, is macro-behavioral priming, for lack of a better term: priming significantly affecting complex physical or social behaviors. Things like "seeing old-age-related words makes you walk slower" or "holding a hot vs cold beverage for a few seconds before an interview radically changes your opinion of the interviewer". The evidence here is... well, that's a lot of what the non-replicability fuss is about.