Key points

Left-right confusion is a common occurrence in everyday life.

Patients with certain disorders experience left-right confusion more commonly than other people.

Alzheimer's disease and brain damage to the parietal lobe led to more left-right confusion.

Dyslexia was also linked to more left-right confusion.

Can you remember the last time that you confused left and right?

Most healthy people have no issues telling left from right, but for some people (about 15 percent), left-right confusion is a somewhat common experience in their everyday lives. Common situations in which people confuse left and right every now and then include giving instructions about directions to somebody else who is driving a car, moving the wrong foot during dancing, or taking the wrong direction when h

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