Ask the Brains: Why Do We Have Trouble Facing Our Credit Cards the "Right" Way?

Full story: Scientific American

Why do most customers at my bookstore have trouble understanding my instructions to swipe their debit cards with the magnetic stripe "toward me?" Almost everyone positions their card the wrong way, then asks in confusion, "Stripe toward me?" - meaning themselves.

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