Timothy P. Mcnamara has written:

'Semantic priming' -- subject(s): Priming (Psychology), Psychological aspects, Psychological aspects of Semantics, Semantics

Priming is the implicit memory effect in which exposure to a stimulus influences response to a later stimulus. It is a technique in psychology used to train a person's memory both in positive and negative ways.

Carolyn L. Thomson has written:

'An experimental analysis of some procedures to teach priming and reinforcement skills to preschool teachers' -- subject(s): Kindergarten teachers, Preschool Education, Priming (Psychology), Reinforcement (Psychology), Study and teaching, Training of

A priming input, also known as priming read, is the statement that reads the first input data record prior to starting a structured loop.

The phrase "looked to their priming" in The Highwayman means that the soldiers were preparing to fire their weapons. Priming was arming the weapon to fire it against an enemy.?æ