WHEN NEAR BECOMES FAR Figure 2. The key conditions that test our hypothesis. The effects of previous trials (N – 2, N – 1) are observed on trial N. Panel A represents the baseline where no obstacle is present in trials N – 2, N – 1, and N (No–No–No condition). Panel B presents the within-participant priming condition, where trial N – 2 contains an obstacle (Ob–No–No). Panel C represents the critical between-person priming condition where N – 1 contains an obstacle (No–Ob–No). To view a colour version of this ﬁgure, please see the online issue of the Journal. Procedure and design The seating arrangement and distance of target and obstacle from the participants was identical to the separate-workspace condition of Experiment 1. However, in Experiment 2, participants were explicitly told that there was only one set of blocks and one workspace/tablet and that they would be sharing them. Again the participants THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 2012, 65 (7) 1245