Eli5: Why do people mix up left and right but not up and down?

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Eli5: Why do people mix up left and right but not up and down?

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Because the stimulus is the same and therefore more difficult to differentiate -unlike up and down which with gravity provide distinct stimuli.

In situations like 6DOF (space, underwater) you can easily confuse *any* direction without a relative bearing

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