Eli5: Why do people mix up left and right but not up and down?
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Because there’s a constant reference point for down. It’s where gravity pulls us 24 hours a day, every day of our lives.
[This person](https://www.wired.com/2007/04/esp/) built a belt with 12 motors that would vibrate whichever one was facing north and throughout the experiment he developed a much better sense of where he was and could navigate much better.
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