Stories by Katarzyna Pisanski

Katarzyna Pisanski is a researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research and the ENES Bioacoustics Research Lab at Jean Monnet University in France. She also works in close collaboration with the Dynamics of Language Lab at the University of Lyon 2 in France and the University of Wrocław in Poland.

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OpinionFebruary 21, 2025

Why “Ow!” Needs Absolutely No Translation

The sounds we make during emotional moments or when experiencing pain may not be arbitrary

Katarzyna Pisanski, Aitana García Arasco, Maïa Ponsonnet