Abstract:

The phenomenon of priming refers to the behavioral effects of prior exposure to a stimulus, even when explicit memory of the prior experience is not available. The research of priming effects was an important component of implicit memory. This article reviewed some recent approaches in priming effects in the field of implicit memory from cognitive psychological studies, deficit patients in neuropsychological and neuroscience studies. After brief comments on some problems in priming effect researches, we pointed out that the establishment of a more clear explanation of the concept and effectiveness of the theoretical models of was the urgent need to the further development of priming effects researches

Key words: implicit memory, priming effect, level of processing, attention, ageing, neural mechanism