The quick and the dead: Evidence that movement is swiftest in response to events in the environment

Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the Wellcome Trust at the University of Birmingham have carried out "laboratory gunfights" to show that we move faster when we react to something in our environment than we do when we initiate the action ourselves - an idea inspired by cowboy movies but in reality more useful for avoiding oncoming traffic. The research is published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

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