There are tons of men vs. women challenges out there, with one always trying to outdo another. As it turns out, people have always wondered whether men or women were better at assembling IKEA furniture - another battle of the sexes.
According to Today, women were reportedly better at assembling IKEA furniture than men - as stated in 2008 by then-head of IKEA in Germany Petra Hesser.
"Men never look at the directions and have the most problems with construction because they always think they can do that," said Hesser back then, who is now IKEA's global human resources manager. "That is empirically proven," he added.
However, some psychologists over in Norway decided to find out if that very statement was true, and actually found an opposing result.
Published in the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology, the study gathered data from 40 men and 40 women who were obviously separated in two different groups.
One group was provided with step-by-step instructions to assemble a kitchen cart, while another had to rely on their own knowledge and a simple diagram of the trolley's end result, as reported by Elle Décor.
Results came out and revealed that guys in the two groups actually have a better knack at it - especially with regard to speed and accuracy. However, the study made sure to note something very important too:
"Aside from the time spend on instructions, women assembled the furniture nearly as fast as men did, and the sex difference in assembly score could be explained by difference in individual spatial ability."
Apparently, the male participants of the study were able to finish building the kitchen cart in an average of 22.48 minutes with the instructions, as compared to 23.65 minutes for their female counterparts.
Obviously, those who weren't given instructions took more time in assembly: men completed the task in 24.8 minutes while women took 28.44 minutes to finish.