The priming effect has been found in many different studies and is regarded as a common occurrence, appearing in most plant soil systems.
However, the mechanisms which lead to the priming effect are more complex then originally thought, and still remain generally misunderstood.
Real priming effects have not been observed in sterile environments.
The size of the priming effect increases as the amount of added treatment to the soil increases.
Positive priming effects happen even if the prime is not consciously seen.
However, despite a lack in ability to fully process the stimuli, experiments have shown a priming effect of the critical stimuli.
The priming effect is another key aspect of how memory influences decisions.
Evans found that high schizotypes showed a greater priming effect than controls in such a situation.
Resolving this conflict takes time and produces negative priming effect.
Left anterolateral temporal cortex was found to be directly related to the magnitude of negative priming effect.