There's a whole sub-discipline in UX that talks about the difference between looking at the available information and making the wrong choice, versus making the correct choice but then performing the wrong action anyway. One is a failure of cognition, the other is a failure of the motor cortex.

It's reaching for the green button and hitting the red one instead. It's driving to the store near your office and ending up driving to your office instead. It's forgetting to drop your kid off at daycare.