Men are better at packing a suitcase than women. That’s the bottom line based on a study by CogniFit, a New York-based healthcare company specializing in brain fitness software.

The CogniFit study, comprised of participants from the United States and Europe, compared cognitive performance, investigating the 14 cognitive skills people use when packing a suitcase, including contextualized memory, hand-eye coordination, inhibition, planning, divided attention, shifting, updating, working memory, visual perception and short term memory.

The data collected during the study shows the prevailing belief that women are more efficient than men when it comes to packing a suitcase is flawed. In fact, the cognitive skills involved in packing are 5.7 percent higher in men than women.

The country with the best cognitive results across all aging segments is Germany. The United States came in fourth behind Spain and England. People between the ages of 18-24 showed the highest skill level.

Men consistently scored higher than women in terms of planning the packing process. That information, however, does not mean t men start planning earlier, but they are more efficient than women, regardless of the age group. The study attributes the difference to indications that men are more selective and have better focus on what they need when they travel, while women tend to plan for “what-if” scenarios.