Why do we say “huh” as if we did not hear what the other person said, but it gets processed 2 seconds later?

Question

Why do we say “huh” as if we did not hear what the other person said, but it gets processed 2 seconds later?

In: Biology

Answer 1

I have nothing to add but this happens to me all the time and people get mad because they think I’m lying when I say I didn’t hear them.