Abstract
Priming studies, mostly found in the subdiscipline of social psy-chology, have been the subject of vigorous debates among method-ologists, philosophers of science, and priming researchers them-selves. This article contributes to the debate about priming stud-ies by carefully examining and dissecting one priming study inparticular, namorgely the 2020 article "Alcohol Cues and their Effects on Sexually Aggressive Thoughts" by Julie Leboeuf, Stine Linden-Andersen, andJonathan Carriere. By pointing out the flaws of this supposedreproduction study, I reflect on the various levels of complexitythat are involved in conducting priming experiments with humansubjects. I conclude that the call for more reproductions or repli-cations is worthwhile, but only if the original experiments aresolid and theoretically interesting.
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