I thought about changing my bikes to motorcycle style, but my reactions seem to know the difference.
I have ridden mountain bikes with this setup and found I could tell which lever to increase or decrease pressure on without taking the time to reason out the difference. I was riding someone elses bike down the side of a mountain on a curvy fireroad when the rear wheel started to wash out. Instinctively, I knew to release the left lever for the rear wheel on this bike. Good thing, because I don't think I would have survived going over thhe edge.