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Boost her confidence, and she'll park well too

##img_1##LONDON: If you are one of those who always wondered why many women struggle while parking their #ad_1##cars, it's better to understand that it happens simply due to lack of confidence, says a US study.A research has suggested ....lack of confidence is a factor in women's tendency to struggle in tasks requiring spatial awareness, the Daily Mail reported, adding that tests showed how women improved in these activities when their self-belief was given a boost.

University of Warwick psychology researcher Zachary Estes, working with Sydney Felker from the University of Georgia Health Centre, looked at the ability of 545 US students to perform a standard 3D mental rotation task, while at the same time manipulating their confidence levels.

Estes, whose research paper is published in the journal Archives Of Sexual Behaviour, said: "Prior research shows that women tend to do poorly on tasks that require spatial awareness."

##ad_2##"...We wanted to see why that was so. We manipulated people's confidence in our experiments with spatial tasks, and it does seem that confidence is a key factor in how well women perform at this kind of task."

"Our research suggests that by making a woman feel better about herself, she'll become better at spatial tasks - which in the real world means tasks such as parking the car or reading a map."

"So a little bit of confidence-boosting may go a long way when it comes to reversing the car into a tight parking spot," said Estes.