Why your brain HATES silence — a neuroscientist explains 🧠

Added: 2026-05-06

[00:00:00]Silence makes people uncomfortable because it violates our expectations.

[00:00:04]Did she forget her speech?

[00:00:05]Is her mic not working?

[00:00:07]Our brains perk up a little bit when we're not quite sure what's coming next.

[00:00:11]And during adolescence, this happens a lot.

[00:00:15]The adolescent brain, which is characterized roughly between the ages of 11 and 12 through the early 20s, is characterized by a high level of uncertainty because we're doing a lot of things for the first time.