Men are better at hammering in the dark

275x250.jpgResearchers say men are better at using a hammer in the dark, but that women are more accurate during the day.

Boffins tested the "hammering performance" of a range of people, under various lighting conditions, measuring how easily they could knock a nail into a block of wood.

They found some people were naturals - getting the job done after a few clean strokes of the hammer - whereas others ended up with the nail bent in the middle or a sore thumb.

But oddly the team from the University of Massachusetts discovered men were better when the lights were turned off, while women were more accurate in proper lighting conditions.

So men, next time your missus asks tells you to do some DIY, tell her to get it started and that you will take over at 10pm.
Dr. Duncan Irschick said: "We believe that our research indicates that humans have remarkable compensatory ability during difficult motor tasks such as hammering in the dark."

In future studies Dr Irschick plans to focus on understanding how hammering ability evolves in humans from early development to adulthood.

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