Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
13 hours agoResearch suggests that people who prefer deep conversations over small talk aren't antisocial. Their brains are wired to find superficial exchanges genuinely more draining than complex ones. - Silicon Canals
Aversion to small talk has neurological basis: people who prefer deep conversation show distinct cognitive patterns where their prefrontal cortex allocates resources differently, making shallow exchanges metabolically expensive and cognitively draining.