Average reaction time

Average reaction time, by age and dominant hand
Age (years)	Girls			Boys
	Right-handed	Left-handed	Ambidextrous	Right-handed	Left-handed	Ambidextrous
	seconds
8	0.61	0.53	0.57	0.51	0.68	0.45
9	0.53	0.52	0.47	0.49	0.50	0.51
10	0.52	0.53	0.51	0.46	0.47	0.43
11	0.50	0.53	0.50	0.45	0.45	0.43
12	0.47	0.49	0.44	0.42	0.44	0.42
13	0.44	0.45	0.43	0.39	0.40	0.38
14	0.45	0.47	0.46	0.40	0.42	0.38
15	0.45	0.48	0.45	0.40	0.42	0.40
16	0.42	0.39	0.44	0.37	0.35	0.39
17	0.41	0.40	0.43	0.35	0.36	0.39
18	0.44	0.38	0.47	0.37	0.44	0.43
19	0.40	..	..	0.47	0.28	..
.. not available for a specific reference period
Source: Statistics Canada, Census at School, 2010/2011.

Average reaction time, by age
Age (years)	Girls	Boys	All students
	seconds
8	0.60	0.52	0.56
9	0.53	0.49	0.51
10	0.52	0.46	0.49
11	0.50	0.45	0.48
12	0.47	0.42	0.45
13	0.44	0.39	0.41
14	0.45	0.40	0.43
15	0.45	0.41	0.43
16	0.42	0.37	0.39
17	0.41	0.36	0.38
18	0.43	0.38	0.40
19	0.40	0.46	0.44
Source: Statistics Canada, Census at School, 2010/2011.