Semantic priming : perspectives from memory and word recognition What is semantic priming and why should anyone care about it Spreading activation models Beckers verification model Compound cue models Distributed network models Multistage activation models Other models Methodological issues Automatic versus strategic priming Associative versus pure semantic priming Mediated versus direct priming Effects of lag Forward versus backward priming Conscious versus unconscious priming Prime task effect List context effects Word frequency stimulus quality and stimulus repetition Cognitive neuroscience of semantic priming What have we learned about semantic priming and what does the future hold What is semantic priming and why should anyone care about it Spreading activation models Beckers verification model Compound cue models Distributed network models Multistage activation models Methodological issues Automatic vs. strategic priming Associative vs. pure semantic priming Mediated vs. direct priming Effects of lag Forward vs. backward priming Conscious vs. unconscious priming Prime task effect List context effects Word frequency stimulus quality and stimulus repetition Cognitive neuroscience of semantic priming What have we learned about semantic priming and what does the future hold