Priming [prahy-ming]

Priming

[prahy-ming]

Priming may refer to:

  • Priming (psychology), a manifestation of implicit memory
  • "Priming", also known as Agenda-setting theory, the process of bringing certain content to the foreground in the media
  • Priming (agriculture), a form of seed planting preparation, in which seeds are soaked before planting
  • Priming (science), a process of cleaning and preparing equipment before experimentation
  • Priming (steam engine), a harmful condition in which water is carried over from the boiler of a steam engine.
  • Priming (immunology), a process occurring when a specific antigen is presented to naive lymphocytes causing them to differentiate either into armed effector cells or into memory cells.

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