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10 Language-to-English DictionariesAssociative Priming
/əˈsoʊ.ʃi.ə.tɪv ˈpraɪ.mɪŋ/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A phenomenon in psychology where a person responds faster or more accurately to a target word if it is preceded by a semantically related word.
"The experiment demonstrated associative priming when participants recognized the word 'butter' much faster after seeing 'bread'." - 2
The implicit memory effect in which exposure to one stimulus influences a response to a subsequent stimulus, driven by pre-existing semantic links in long-term memory.
"Researchers utilize associative priming to map the semantic networks and conceptual structures of the human brain."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'associative', derived from the Latin 'associare' (to join together, from ad- + socius comrade), dating to the mid-17th century, and 'priming', originating from the 16th-century verb 'prime' (to prepare or make ready), which evolved in cognitive psychology during the latter half of the 20th century to describe unconscious memory activation.
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amorçage associatif
Transliteration: a.mɔʁ.saʒ a.sɔ.sja.tif
"L'étude a révélé un effet d'amorçage associatif entre les deux concepts."
assoziatives Priming
Transliteration: a.so.tsi̯aˈtiː.vəs ˈpʁaɪ̯.mɪŋ
"Das assoziative Priming beschleunigt die Erkennung verwandter Wörter."
innesco associativo
Transliteration: inˈnɛs.ko as.so.tʃatˈtiː.vo
"Il fenomeno del innesco associativo è ampiamente studiato nella psicologia cognitiva."
priming asociativo
Transliteration: ˈpɾaj.miŋ a.so.sjaˈti.βo
"El priming asociativo facilita el procesamiento de información relacionada."
priming associativo
Transliteration: ˈpɾaɪ.mĩŋ a.su.si.aˈti.vu
"O experimento mediu o tempo de reação usando priming associativo."
सहचरी प्राइमिंग
Transliteration: sahachari praiming
"संज्ञानात्मक मनोविज्ञान में सहचरी प्राइमिंग एक महत्वपूर्ण अवधारणा है।"
联想启动
Transliteration: liánxiǎng qǐdòng
"实验证明了人类大脑中存在联想启动效应。"
연상 점화
Transliteration: yeonsang jeomhwa
"연상 점화 효과는 기억 인출 속도에 영향을 미친다."
連想プライミング
Transliteration: rensō puraimingu
"実験では連想プライミングの効果が観察された。"
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