<p>I have no hard data, but from my personal experience in people specifying right or left directions (similarly east or west) and up or down (north or south, top or bottom), people frequently make mistakes with specifying left or right much more often.</p>

<p>1) Is there some hard data on such a difference in frequencies?</p>

<p>2) If so, does cognitive-neuroscience address this difference?</p>

<p>(Certainly, there are physical properties of our world that enforce the distinction between up and down (gravity) but not between left and right although people do generally have a right-hand motor bias.)</p>

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Difference in frequencies of mistakes between use of left-right vs. up-down
Tom Copeland
# Difference in frequencies of mistakes between use of left-right vs. up-down

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-03-07)

I have no hard data, but from my personal experience in people specifying right or left directions (similarly east or west) and up or down (north or south, top or bottom), people frequently make mistakes with specifying left or right much more often.

1) Is there some hard data on such a difference in frequencies?

2) If so, does cognitive-neuroscience address this difference?

(Certainly, there are physical properties of our world that enforce the distinction between up and down (gravity) but not between left and right although people do generally have a right-hand motor bias.)

**Tags:** neuroscience, cognitive-neuroscience, cognitive-modeling


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