"Imagine the scene - you're standing in the deserted street of a ramshackle wild west town, Colt 45 strapped to your thigh, the music of Ennio Morricone floating on the air.

Somewhere off to the right a shutter bangs in the wind. Tumbleweed skitters by. Up ahead a grim-faced man dressed all in black (if it's a poncho you're in real trouble) stands ready to draw his six-shooter.

What happens next will decide whether you live or die. Should you go for your gun, or wait for him to make the first move?

In a series of "laboratory gunfights" - with pistols replaced by electronic pressure pads - researchers found that participants who reacted to their opponent's movement were on average 21 milliseconds faster to the draw.

Professor Andrew Welchman, who lead the research, puts this down to the "quick and dirty" nature of instinctive responses.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi..._8493000/8493203.stm

I don't believe it! It takes, on average, 2 tenths of a second to react. Facing a sub second draw, you are dead if you wait for him to "make the first move"!
"faster than the conscious decision-making process involved in choosing to draw your gun. " Irrelevant! All the opponent sees is the movement to actually start the draw, not the "decision making process".
Peter.