I am Associate Professor in Cognitive Science and Senior Researcher in Linnaeus environment ”Cognition, Communication, and Learning” at Lund University. In my research, I have combined quantitative and qualitative methods (eye tracking, verbal protocols, experiments, focus groups, interviews) to study cognition and communication.

My research focuses on multimodality, cognition and visual communication. I have been using eye movement measurement to study in detail image perception, the interplay between language and images, the role of images for learning, visual thinking (mental imagery), and users' interaction with various media. My research has practical implications for how we design accessible and readable texts in various media. Currently, I am investigating accessibility of visual information via the process of audio description (verbal descriptions of visual scenes for people with visual impairment and blindness). 

My book "Discourse, vision and cognition" (Benjamins 2008) concerns perception, interpretation and description of images and the underlying cognitive processes. My book "Myths and facts about reading" (Nordstedts 2010) presents research on reading and on the interplay between text, images and graphics in various media. It has implications for a user-friendly, accessible design of complex texts - image messages in print and on-line. My book "Methodologies for multimodal research" (Sage 2012) is focusing on novel methods and tools for the analysis of visual communication and multimodality, including an interdisciplinary framework and a triangulation of methods.

 I am also one of the editors of the antology "Audio description - research and practices" (2016) published in co-operation between Lund university, Stockholm university and the Swedish Agency for Accessible Media (MTM). The book is the first of its kind in Sweden and Scandinavia and is available as a printed book, as an open access publication, as a talking book and in Braille.

During my time in Germany and Czech Republic (1986 -1992) I conducted research on spoken language communication, narratives and interpretation by means of conversation analysis, discourse analysis and interpretation theories.

Books (5)

• Holsanova, J. (2010). Myter och sanningar om läsning : om samspelet mellan språk och bild i olika medier. Norstedts.
• Holsanova, J. (2008). Discourse, vision, and cognition. Human cognitive processing, 1387-6724, 23. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
• Holsanova, J. (2001). Picture Viewing and Picture Description: Two Windows on the Mind. Lund University Cognitive Studies, 83. Cognitive Science. Dissertation.
• Holsanova, J. (1999). På tal om bilder. Om fokusering av uppmärksamhet i och strukturering av talad beskrivande diskurs. Licentiate thesis.
• (1991). Vyvoj jazykovedy po roce 1970. Academia Praha.

Editorships (2)

• Holsanova, J., Wadensjö, C. & Andrén, M. (2016). (Eds.) Syntolkning : forskning och praktik. Lund University Cognitive Studies, 166. Lund University Cognitive Studies / Myndighet för tillgängliga medier.
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• Holsanova, J. (2012). (Ed.) Methodologies for Multimodal Research. Visual Communication, 11. SAGE Publications Inc..

Articles (20)

• Holsanova, J. (submitted). Att beskriva det som syns men inte sägs : Om syntolkning. HumaNetten. Institutionen för humaniora, Växjö universitet.
• Andersson, R., Holsanova, J. & Holmqvist, K. (2012). Opinion prediction as communicative success, and the role of visual information in conversations. [submitted].
• Andersson, R., Holsanova, J. & Holmqvist, K. (2012). Referring to optional visual information in unrestricted dialogue. [submitted].
• Boeriis, M. & Holsanova, J. (2012). Tracking visual segmentation: connecting semiotic and cognitive perspectives. Visual Communication, 11, 259-281. SAGE Publications Inc..
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• Boeriis, M. & Holsanova, J. (2012). Tracking visual segmentation: connecting semiotic and cognitive perspectives. Visual Communication, 11, 259-281. SAGE Publications.
• Holsanova, J. (2012). New methods for studying visual communication and multimodal integration. Visual Communication, 11, 251-257. SAGE Publications Inc..
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• Johansson, R., Holsanova, J., Dewhurst, R. & Holmqvist, K. (2012). Eye movements during scene recollection have a functional role, but they are not reinstatements of those produced during encoding. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 38, 1289-1314. American Psychological Association (APA).
• Holsanova, J., Andersson, R., Johansson, R., Holmqvist, K. & Strömqvist, S. (2010). Lund Eye Tracking Studies in Research on Language and Cognition. Slovo a Slovesnost, 71, 317-328. Ústav pro jazyk český Akademie věd České republiky.
• Holsanova, J., Holmqvist, K. & Holmberg, N. (2009). Reading information graphics: The Role of Spatial Proximity and Dual Attentional Guidance. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23, 1215-1226. John Wiley & Sons.
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• Holsanova, J., Rahm, H. & Holmqvist, K. (2006). Entry points and reading paths on the newspaper spread: Comparing semiotic analysis with eye-tracking measurements. Visual Communication, 5, 65-93. SAGE Publications Inc..
• Johansson, R., Holsanova, J. & Holmqvist, K. (2006). Pictures and spoken descriptions elicit similar eye movements during mental imagery, both in light and in complete darkness. Cognitive Science, 30, 1053-1079. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
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• Wästerfors, D. & Holsanova, J. (2005). Examples as Crucial Arguments on 'others'. Text - An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Discourse, 25, 519-554. De Gruyter.
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• Adelswärd, V., Holsanova, J. & Wibeck, V. (2002). Virtual talk as a communicative resource. Explorations in the field of gene technology. Sprachtheorie und Germanistische Linguistik, 12, 3-26.
• Holsanova, J. (1998). Att byta röst och rädda ansiktet. Citatanvändning i samtal om 'de andra'. Språk och stil, 8, 105-133. Institutionen för nordiska språk, Uppsala universitet.
• Holsanova, J. (1993). Was dolmetscht der Dolmetscher, wenn er ein Gespäch dolmetscht?. Preprint without journal information. Manne Siegbahn Institute.
• Cmejrkova, S. & Holsanova, J. (1992). Contrastive pragmatics. Journal of Pragmatics, 274-280. Elsevier.
• Holsanova, J. (1992). Lingvisticke kolokvium v Paderbornu. Slovo a Slovesnost, 4/LII, 319-320. Ústav pro jazyk český Akademie věd České republiky.
• Nekvapil, J. & Holsanova, J. (1991). Kritische Überlegungen zur Entwicklung der Sprachwissenschaft seit 1970. Lingustica Pragensia, 34/1/1991, 27-39.
• Holsanova, J. (1988). Pragmatika, teorie textu, analyza mluvene komunikace v edici Linguistica. Jazykovedne aktuality, XXV/1 a 2, 57-60.
• Hoffmannova, J. & Holsanova, J. (1987). Mezinarodni konference o makrostrukturach v textu a komunikaci. Slovo a Slovesnost, 328-333. Ústav pro jazyk český Akademie věd České republiky.

Book chapters (42)

• Holsanova, J. (2016). Cognitive approach to audio description. In Matamala, A. & Orero, P. (Eds.) Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting, Researching audio description : New approaches (pp. 49-73). Palgrave Macmillan.
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• Holsanova, J. (2016). Kognitiva och kommunikativa aspekter av syntolkning. In Holsanova, J., Wadensjö, C. & Andrén, M. (Eds.) Lund University Cognitive Studies, Syntolkning : forskning och praktik (pp. 17-27), 166. Lund University Cognitive Studies.
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• Holsanova, J. & Wadensjö, C. (2016). Syntolkning : forskning, tankar och visioner. In Holsanova, J., Wadensjö, C. & Andrén, M. (Eds.) Lund University Cognitive Studies, Syntolkning : forskning och praktik (pp. 13-15), 166. Lund University Cognitive Studies.
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• Gärdenfors, P. & Holsanova, J. (2015). Communication, cognition, and technology. In Lukowski, P., Gemel, A. & Zukowski, B. (Eds.) Cognition, Meaning, and Action : Lodz-Lund Studies in Cognitive Science (pp. 109-122). Jagiellonian University Press.
• Holsanova, J., Johansson, R. & Holmqvist, K. (2015). To tell and to show : The interplay of language and visualizations in communication. In Lukowski, P., Gemel, A. & Zukowski, B. (Eds.) Cognition, Meaning, and Action. Jagiellonian University Press.
• Holsanova, J. (2014). In the eye of the beholder: Visual communication from a recipient perspective. In Machin, D. (Ed.) Visual communication. Handbooks of Communication Science (pp. 331-355), 4. De Gruyter.
• Holsanova, J. (2014). Reception of multimodality: Applying eye tracking methodology in multimodal research. In Jewitt, C. (Ed.) Routledge Handbook of Multimodal Analysis (pp. 285-296). Routledge.
• Holsanova, J., Nyström, M. & Holmqvist, K. (2014). Visualisering av ögonrörelser som stöd för motivation, metakognition och lärande. In Persson, A. & Johansson, R. (Eds.) Vetenskapliga perspektiv på lärande, undervisning och utbildning i olika institutionella sammanhang : utbildningsvetenskaplig forskning vid Lunds universitet (pp. 369-380). Lunds universitet, Institutionen för utbildningsvetenskap.
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• Johansson, R., Holsanova, J. & Holmqvist, K. (2013). Using Eye Movements and Spoken Discourse as Windows to Inner Space. In Paradis, C., Hudson, J. & Magnusson, U. (Eds.) The Construal of Spatial Meaning: Windows into Conceptual Space (pp. 9-28). Oxford University Press.
• Johansson, V., Holsanova, J., Johansson, R. & Wengelin, Å. (2013). Tala, läsa, skriva. In Johansson, V., Carling, G. & Holmer, A. (Eds.) Språket, människan och världen. (pp. 53-72). Studentlitteratur AB.
• Johansson, V., Wengelin, Å., Holsanova, J. & Johansson, R. (2013). Tala, läsa, skriva. In Johansson, V., Carling, G. & Holmer, A. (Eds.) Språket, människan och världen. (pp. 53-72). Studentlitteratur AB.
• Rahm, H. & Holsanova, J. (2012). Erklären, überzeugen oder überreden? : Persuasive Züge in Presseberichten über den Umzug des Hospizes in Lund, Schweden. In Johan, B., David, H., Stefan, H. & Eva, K. (Eds.) Discourse & Grammar : A Festschrift in Honor of Valéria Molnár (pp. 321-331). Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University.
• Holsanova, J. (2011). How we focus attention in picture viewing, picture description, and during mental imagery. In Sachs-Hombach, K. & Totzke, R. (Eds.) Bilder - sehen - denken : zum Verhältnis von begrifflich-philosophischen und empirisch-psychologischen Ansätzen in der bildwissenschaftlichen Forschung (pp. 291-313). von Halem.
• Holsanova, J. & Nord, A. (2010). Multimodal design: Media structures, media principles and users’ meaning-making in printed and digital media. In Bucher, H.-J., Gloning, T. & Lehnen, K. (Eds.) Neue Medie - neue Formate. Ausdifferenzierung und Konvergenz in der Medienkommunikation (pp. 81-103). Campus: Frankfurt/New York.
• Holsanova, J. & Nord, A. (2010). Textens fragmentering och läsares meningsskapande. In Byrman, G., Gustafsson, A. & Rahm, H. (Eds.) Svensson och svenskan. Med sinnen känsliga för språk (pp. 110-123). Lund: Författarna.
• Scheiter, K., Wiebe, E. & Holsanova, J. (2009). Theoretical and Methodological Aspects of Learning with Visualizations. In Zheng, R. (Ed.) Cognitive effects of multimedia learning (pp. 67-88). IGI Global.
• (2008). Communication with and without technology. A Smorgasbord of Cognitive Science, 231-247. Bokförlaget Nya Doxa.
• Gärdenfors, P. & Holsanova, J. (2008). Att kommunicera med och utan teknik. In Domeij, R. (Ed.) Tekniken bakom språket (pp. 25-48), Språkrådets skrifter, 1654-0433 ; 9. Norstedts.
• Gärdenfors, P. & Holsanova, J. (2008). Communication, cognition and technology. In Gärdenfors, P. & Wallin, A. (Eds.) A Smorgasbord of Cognitive Science (pp. 231-247). Bokförlaget Nya Doxa.
• Gärdenfors, P. & Holsanova, J. (2008). Kommunikation med och utan teknik. In Domeij, R. (Ed.) Tekniken bakom språket (pp. 25-48). Norstedts.
• Holsanova, J., Holmqvist, K. & Holmberg, N. (2008). Läsning i gamla och nya medier. In Domeij, R. (Ed.) Tekniken bakom språket (pp. 144-167), Språkrådets skrifter, 1654-0433 ; 9. Norstedts.
• Holsanova, J., Johansson, R. & Holmqvist, K. (2008). To tell and to show: the interplay of language and visualisations in communication. In Gärdenfors, P. & Wallin, A. (Eds.) A Smorgasbord of Cognitive Science (pp. 215-229). Bokförlaget Nya Doxa.
• Holmqvist, K. & Holsanova, J. (2007). Embodied Communication and Gestural Contrast. In Ahlsén, E. (Eds.) Communication, action, meaning : a festschrift to Jens Allwood. Department of Linguistics, Gothenburg University.
• Holsanova, J. (2007). Användares interaktion med multimodala texter. In Gunnarsson, B.-L. & Karlsson, A.-M. (Eds.) Ett vidgat textbegrepp. (pp. 41-58), TeFa rapport 46. Uppsala University.
• Andersson, B., Dahl, J., Holmqvist, K., Holsanova, J., Johansson, V., Karlsson, H., Strömqvist, S., Tufvesson, S. & Wengelin, Å. (2006). Combining Keystroke Logging with Eye Tracking. In van Waes, L., Leijten, M. & Neuwirth, C. (Eds.) Writing and Digital Media (Studies in Writing) (pp. 45-72), 17. Elsevier.
• Holmqvist, K., Holmberg, N., Holsanova, J., Tärning, J. & Engwall, B. (2006). Reading Information Graphics - Eyetracking studies with Experimental Conditions. In Errea, J. (Ed.) Malofiej Yearbook of Infographics (pp. 54-61). Society for News Design (SND-E): Navarra University, Pamplona.
• Holsanova, J. (2006). Dynamics of Picture Viewing and Picture Description. In Albertazzi, L. (Ed.) Visual thought. The depictive space of the mind. (pp. 233-254), Advances in Consciousness Research.. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
• Holsanova, J. (2006). Quotations as a vehicle for social positioning. In Hausendorf, H. & Bora, A. (Eds.) Analysing citizenship talk : social positioning in political and legal decision-making processes (pp. 251-275), 19. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
• Holmqvist, K., Holsanova, J., Johansson, V. & Strömqvist, S. (2004). Perceiving and Producing the Frog Story. In Ravid, D. & Bat-Zeev Shyldkrot, H. (Eds.) Perspectives on language and language development (pp. 293-306). Kluwer.
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• Holsanova, J. (2004). Med blick på nätnyheter. Ögonrörelsestudier av läsning i nätbaserade tidningar. (Looking at the net news. Eye tracking study of net paper reading). In Holmberg, C.-G. & Svensson, J. (Eds.) Mediekulturer : hybrider och förvandlingar. Carlsson Bokförlag.
• Holsanova, J. & Holmqvist, K. (2004). Med blick pa nätnyheter. Ögonrörelsestudier av läsning i nätbaserade tidningar. In Holmberg, C.-G. & Svensson, J. (Eds.) Mediekulturer, Hybrider och Förvandlingar. (pp. 216-248). Carlsson Bokförlag.
• Holmqvist, K., Holsanova, J., Barthelson, M. & Lundqvist, D. (2003). Reading or scanning? A study of newspaper and net paper reading. In In Hyönä, J. R. & Deubel, H. (Eds.) The mind's eye: cognitive and applied aspects of eye movement research (pp. 657-670). Elsevier.
• Holsanova, J., Rahm, H. & Holmqvist, K. (2003). Tidningarna och läsbarheten. In Delsing, L. O. (Ed.) Grammatik i fokus : Festskrift för Christer Platzack. Institutionen för nordiska språk, Lunds universitet,.
• Holsanova, J. (1999). Olika perspektiv pa språk, bild och deras samspel. Metodologiska reflexioner. In Haskå, I. & Sandqvist, C. (Eds.) Alla tiders språk : En vänskrift till Gertrud Pettersson november 1999 (pp. 117-126), Lundastudier i nordisk språkvetenskap A 55.
• Holsanova, J., Hedberg, B. & Nilsson, N. (1999). Visual and Verbal Focus Patterns when Describing Pictures. In Becker, W., Deubel, H. & Mergner, T. (Eds.) Current Oculomotor Research: Physiological and Psychological Aspects. Kluwer.
• Holsanova, J., Jörgensen, N. & Holmqvist, K. (1999). Ways of treating ethnic categories in everyday discourse. In Lauristin, M. & Rahnu, L. (Eds.) Intercultural Communication and Changing National Identities. (pp. 118-127). Tartu University Press.
• Holmqvist, K. & Holsanova, J. (1997). Reconstruction of Focus Movements in Spoken Discourse. In Liebert, W., Redeker, G. & Waugh, L. (Eds.) Discourse and Perspective in Cognitive Linguistics. (pp. 223-246). Benjamins.
• Holsanova, J. (1996). När säger en bild mer än tusen ord? Om samspelet mellan text och bild i gränssnitt. In Löwgren, J. (Eds.) Teman i människa-datorinteraktion. (pp. 65-76). Institution för Informatik, Lunds universitet..
• Jörgensen, N. & Holsanova, J. (1996). Att avgränsa sin identitet i samtal. In Blomqvist, J. & Teleman, U. (Eds.) Det gränslösa samtalet. (pp. 73-81). Lund University Press.
• Holsanova, J. & Nekvapil, J. (1995). Menschen "fünfter Klasse": Reden über Abwesende in der Alltagskommunikation am Beispiel tschechisch-sprachiger Daten. Nationale Selbst- und Fremdbilder im Gespräch. Kommunikative Prozesse nach der Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands und dem Systemwandel in Ostmitteleuropa, 145-179. Westdeutscher Verlag: Opladen.
• Holsanova, J., Nekvapil, J. & Soltys, O. (1989). Von der Textanalyse und -interpretation zum Persönlichkeitsbild des Autors. In Hlavsa, Z. & Viehweger, D. (Eds.) Makrostrukturen im Text und im Gespräch (pp. 194-202). Berlin: Akademie der Wissenschaften, Linguistische Studien 191, Reihe A.
• Meng, K. & Holsanova, J. (1989). Was ist Erzählen? Versuche zur Rekonstruktion alltäglichen Kommunikationstypwissens. In Hlavsa, Z. & Viehweger, D. (Eds.) Makrostrukturen im Text und im Gespräch (pp. 125-149). Berlin: Akademie der Wissenschaften, Linguistische Studien 191, Reihe A.

Encyclopaedia entries (1)

• Holsanova, J. & Price, S. (2012). Cognition. Glossary of multimodal terms. National Centre for Research Methods.
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Conference contributions (73)

• Holsanova, J. (accepted/in press). Making popular science accessible: Uncovering AD skills and competences.
• Holsanova, J. (accepted/in press). Uncovering scientific and multimodal literacy through audio description.
• Holsanova, J. (2019). How the blind audience receive and experience audio descriptions of visual events – a project presentation.
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• Holsanova, J. (2018). Audio description : Accessing meaning-making in popular scientific texts.
• Holsanova, J. (2018). Meaning-making made aloud: From a printed version to an audio version of a multimodal popular science journal.
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• Holsanova, J. (2017). Audio description: Multimodal communication between sighted and blind audiences.
• Holsanova, J. (2015). Theoretical and methodological approaches to audio description.
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• Strukelj, A. & Holsanova, J. (2014). Vad tycker syntolkar och brukare är viktigt i syntolkning?.
• Holsanova, J., Sandberg, H., Holmberg, N. & Theobald, N. (2013). How image content correlates with image perception. In Holmqvist, K., Mulvey, F. & Johansson, R. (Eds.) Book of Abstracts of the 17th European Conference on Eye Movements, 11-16 August 2013, in Lund, Sweden (pp. 316-316), 6. Journal of Eye Movement Research.
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• Holsanova, J. (2012). Extended Visual Communication Studies session (panel expert).
• Holsanova, J., Holmberg, N. & Ek, J. (2012). Method for tracking reflected reading and multimodal learning of pupils with various abilities. Proceedings of the Designs for Learning conference, 92-94. Aalborg University Press.
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• Johansson, R., Holsanova, J., Johansson, M., Dewhurst, R. & Holmqvist, K. (2012). Eye movements play an active role when visuospatial information is recalled from memory. Journal of Vision, 12.
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• Johansson, R., Johansson, M., Holsanova, J., Dewhurst, R. & Holmqvist, K. (2012). Eye movements to “nothing” have an active role when arrangements of objects are retrieved from memory.
• Andersson, R., Holsanova, J. & Holmqvist, K. (2011). Optional visual information affects conversation content. SemDial 2011: Proceedings of the 15th Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue, 194-195. ICT.
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• Holsanova, J. (2011). Multimodalt lärande.
• Holsanova, J. & Holmberg, N. (2011). Functional segmentation of task-solving process: Aligning eye movements and cued retrospective protocols.
• Holsanova, J., Ek, J. & Holmberg, N. (2011). Reception of Multimodality in Biology and Chemistry Textbooks: An Eye Tracking Study.
• Holsanova, J., Sandberg, H., Gidlöf, K. & Holmberg, N. (2011). Attending to different types of visuals in massmedia: Eye tracking studies on newspaper reading, netpaper reading and online advertising. Panel on Reception and Understanding of Visuals. Empirical and Theoretical Approaches’ (Organisers: Hans-Juergen Bucher & Jana Holsanova). International Communication Association Conference (ICA), Boston, May 2011..
• Johansson, R., Holsanova, J. & Holmqvist, K. (2011). Eye movements during visual imagery have a functional role and are related to individual differences in spatial imagery ability. In B. Kokinov, A. Karmiloff-Smith, & N. J. Nersessian (Eds.), European perspectives on cognitive science: Proceedings of the European conference on cognitive science EuroCogSci 2011. Sofia: New Bulgarian University Press..
• Johansson, R., Holsanova, J. & Holmqvist, K. (2011). The Dispersion of Eye Movements During Visual Imagery is Related to Individual Differences in Spatial Imagery Ability. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1200-1205). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society., 1200-1205.
• Johansson, R., Holsanova, J., Dewhurst, R. & Holmqvist, K. (2011). Eye movements during pictorial recall have a functional role, but they are not reinstatements of those from encoding. Journal of Eye Movement Research, 4, 32-32. European Group for Eye Movement Research.
• Holmberg, N. & Holsanova, J. (2010). Task-oriented text book reading strategies. SWAET conference.
• Holsanova, J. (2010). Media principles and multimodality. ICA conference Singapore, panel Visuality and Multimodality.
• Holsanova, J. & Holmberg, N. (2010). Attentional guidance and instructional design. Poster SWAET conference Lund.
• Holsanova, J. & Nord, A. (2010). Textens fragmentering och läsares meningsskapande. In Byrman, G., Gustafsson, A. & Rahm, H. (Eds.) Svensson och svenskan. Med sinnen känsliga för språk (pp. 110-123). Lund: Författarna.
• Johansson, R., Holsanova, J. & Holmqvist, K. (2010). Eye movements during mental imagery are not perceptual re-enactments. Paper presentation at the Scandinavian Workshop on Applied Eye-Tracking, Lund University, Lund, May 6, 2010..
• Johansson, R., Holsanova, J. & Holmqvist, K. (2010). Eye Movements During Mental Imagery are Not Reenactments of Perception. In Ohlsson, S. & Catrambone, R. (Eds.) Cognition in Flux (pp. 1968-1973). Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Portland, Oregon.
• Andersson, R., Holsanova, J. & Holmqvist, K. (2009). Visual common ground decreases perceived communicative success?. Poster at the ECEM conference, Southampton.
• Bucher, H.-J. & Holsanova, J. (2009). Audience Research and Multimodality: What Eye Tracking Reveals about Newspaper Reading.
• Holmberg, N., Holsanova, J. & Holmqvist, K. (2009). Individual differences in reading behaviour. Clustering eye movement data for reader types. Poster ECEM conference.
• Holsanova, J. (2009). How we focus attention in picture viewing, picture description, and during mental imagery.
• Holsanova, J. & Holmberg, N. (2009). Ögonrörelsestudier av läsning i Humanistlaboratoriet.
• Holsanova, J. & Holmqvist, K. (2009). Myths and Truths about Readers' Interaction with Complex Visual Documents.
• Holsanova, J. & Johansson, R. (2009). The Interplay of Language and Visualizations in Communication.
• Holsanova, J., Holmberg, N. & Holmqvist, K. (2009). Reading Information Graphics: The Role of Spatial Contiguity and Dual Attentional Guidance.
• Holsanova, J. (2008). Att begripa text, bild och grafik. Hur vi läser multimodala texter.
• Holsanova, J. (2008). Cyber, hyper och multi revisited: Läsares möte med dagens komplexa (icke-litterära) texter.
• Holsanova, J. (2008). Discourse, vision, and cognition.
• Holsanova, J. (2008). Discourse, vision, and cognition.
• Holsanova, J. (2008). Multiple Windows on the Mind and Action.
• Holsanova, J. (2008). The Role of Attentional Guidance in Multimodal Presentations.
• Holsanova, J. (2008). The Role of Visualizations and Mental Imagery in Learning.
• Holsanova, J. & Holmberg, N. (2008). Läsning av digitala texter: en ögonrörelsestudie.
• Holsanova, J., Holmberg, N. & Holmqvist, K. (2008). Reading styles on a newspaper spread - an eye tracking perspective.
• Holsanova, J., Holmberg, N. & Holmqvist, K. (2008). Reading Styles on a Newspaper Spread.
• Johansson, R., Wengelin, Å., Holsanova, J., Johansson, V. & Holmqvist, K. (2008). Cognitive Processes in Writing are Genre Dependent : A Comparison of Picture Descriptions and Expository Texts.
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• Holsanova, J., Holmberg, N. & Holmqvist, K. (2007). Tracking integration of text and picture. Scandinavian Workshop on Applied Eye Tracking.. Lund University.
• Holsanova, J., Holmqvist, K. & Holmberg, N. (2007). Newspaper reading, eye tracking and multimodality. Eye tracking as a means for detailed analyses of multimedia learning processes. EARLI Budapest.
• Holmberg, N., Holsanova, J. & Holmqvist, K. (2006). Using eye movement measures to describe readers visual interaction with newspapers. [Host publication title missing], EARLI SIG 2, Text and Graphics Comprehension. University of Nottingham.
• Holsanova, J. (2006). The role of feedback in task-oriented dialogue. Social Cognition and Action.. Paris, Ecole Normale Supérieure..
• Holmqvist, K., Holsanova, J. & Holmberg, N. (2005). The effect of photos and information graphics on newspaper reading. European Conference on Eye Movement Research, ECEM 13. Bern:Schweiz.
• Holsanova, J. (2005). Spatial language and dialogue: A multimodal perspective. Spatial Language and Dialogue.. Delmenhorst:Germany.
• Johansson, R., Holsanova, J. & Holmqvist, K. (2005). Spatial frames of reference in an interactive setting. In Tenbrink, T., Bateman, J. & Coventry, C. (Eds.) Proceedings of the Workshop on Spatial Language and Dialogue.. Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg Delmenhorst, Germany..
• Johansson, R., Holsanova, J. & Holmqvist, K. (2005). What Do Eye Movements Reveal About Mental Imagery? Evidence From Visual And Verbal Elicitations. In Bara, B. G., Barsalou, L. & Bucciarelli, M. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. (pp. 1054-1059). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum..
• Holsanova, J. (2004). The Dynamics of Picture Viewing and Picture Description. In Albertazzi, L. & Poli, R. (Eds.) The international conference Depictive space of perception.. Mitteleuropa Foundation, Bolzano..
• Holsanova, J. (2004). Tracking multimodal interaction with new media. In Severinson Eklundh, K. & Gunnarsson, B.-L. (Eds.) The citizens use and comprehension of information on the Internet. Uppsala (Uppsala University).
• Holsanova, J. (2003). Picture viewing and picture description. Towards a science of consciousness..
• Holsanova, J. (2001). Attentional Foci in Picture Viewing and Picture Description. International Cognitive Linguistics Conference. Santa Barbara.
• Holsanova, J. & Holmqvist, K. (2001). Comparing Foci in Picture Viewing and Picture Description. European Conference on Eye Movements, ECEM 11. Turku..
• Holsanova, J. (1999). Language and Vision from a Dynamic Perspective. Swedish Conference in Multimodal Communication.. Linköpings universitet.
• Holsanova, J. (1998). Comparing Verbal and Visual Areas of Interest in Picture Descriptions. Descriptions, Eye Tracking and Gestures.. Bielefeld University:Germany..
• Holsanova, J. (1998). Picture descriptions: Comparing verbal and visual 'areas of interest'. Second Swedish Conference in Multimodal Communication.. Lund University.
• Holsanova, J. (1998). The Use of Quotations in Discourse about Ethnicities. In Cmejrkova, S., Hoffmannova, J., Mullerova, O. & Svetla, J. (Eds.) Dialoganalyse VI. (Proceedings of the 6th International Congresss of IADA - International Association for Dialog)/Beiträge zur Dialogforschung; 17 (pp. 245-252), 2. Niemeyer: Tubingen..
• Holsanova, J. (1997). Perceiving Space and Time in Spoken Descriptions of a Complex Picture. AAAI 1997, Workshop on Language and Space.. Providence, Rhode Island..
• Holsanova, J. (1997). Transforming Pictures into Language. Multimodal Communication Conference. Göteborgs universitet.
• Holsanova, J. (1997). Verbal or Visual Thinker? A study of spoken descriptions of a complex picture. International Cognitive Linguistics Conference.. Amsterdam.
• Holsanova, J. (1997). Verbal or Visual Thinkers? Different ways of orienting in a complex picture. Proceedings of the European Conference on Cognitive Science., 32-37. manchester.
• Holsanova, J., Hedberg, B. & Nilsson, N. (1997). Visual and Verbal Focus Patterns when Describing Pictures. European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM 9). Ulm:Germany.
• Holsanova, J. (1996). Attention Movements in Language and Vision. Representations and Processes between Vision and NL. Proceedings of the 12th European Conference of Artificial Intelligence., 81-83. Budapest, Hungary..
• Holsanova, J. & Jörgensen, N. (1996). The Use of Reported Talk in Ethnic Discourse. International Pragmatics Conference. International Pragmatics Association.
• Holmqvist, K. & Holsanova, J. (1995). Etniska kategoriseringar och deras behandling i samtal. IMER konferensen. Lunds universitet.
• Jörgensen, N. & Holsanova, J. (1995). Speaking about Social and Ethnic groups. Nordic Research in Text and Discourse.. Uppsala.
• Jörgensen, N. & Holsanova, J. (1995). Us and Them. Talking about Social and Ethnic Groups. In Moen, I., Simonsen, G. & Lødrup, H. (Eds.) Papers from The XVth Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics (pp. 264-268). Oslo.

Reports (11)

• Holsanova, J. (2015). Syntolkning - forskning och utbildning. Myndigheten för yrkeshögskolan.
• Holsanova, J., Hildén, A., Salmson, M. & Kesen Tundell, V. (2015). Audio description and audio subtitles – a study of a user preferences : with guidelines for audiovisual media. Tundell Salmson Lär.
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• Holsanova, J., Hildén, A., Salmson, M. & Kesen Tundell, V. (2015). Syntolkning och uppläst text - en studie om hur användarna vill ha det : med riktlinjer för audiovisuella medier. Tundell Salmson Lär.
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• Baier, M., Holsanova, J., Rahm, H. & Hydén, H. (2007). Country report - Sweden. EU RESEARCH ON SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES: Participation and the Dynamics of Social Positioning (PARADYS), EUR 23151. European Commission.
• Holmberg, N., Holmqvist, K. & Holsanova, J. (2006). Tidningsläsares visuella beteende i tabloidtidningar och digitala A5-tidningar.
• Holsanova, J. & Wästerfors, D. (2003). Could you be more specific? Examples as crucial rhetorical tools in discourse on 'others'. CFE Working papers..
• Holsanova, J. (2002). Participation and the Dynamics of Social Positioning. The Case of Biotechnology.
• Holsanova, J. & Rahm, H. (2002). Country-specific characteristics of the data: Case Sweden. EU project PARADYS.
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• Holsanova, J. (2001). Deliberate release of GMOs: Swedish procedures and citizen participation. EU project PARADYS.
• Holsanova, J. (2001). Description of cases to be studied: Draft information about procedures on deliberate release of GMOs in Sweden. EU project PARADYS.
• Holsanova, J. (2001). Description of the collected data: Information about quantity and quality of the data collected. EU project PARADYS.

Working papers (6)

• Holsanova, J. & Wästerfors, D. (2004). Could you be more specific? Examples as crucial rhetorical tools in discourse on 'others'. CFE Working Paper Series ; 26.
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• de Léon, D. & Holsanova, J. (1997). Revealing user behaviour on the world-wide web. Lund University Cognitive Studies 60.
• Holsanova, J. (1997). Bildbeskrivning ur ett kommunikativt och kognitivt perspektiv. Lund University Cognitive Studies Minor, 6.
• Holmqvist, K. & Holsanova, J. (1996). "Jag längtar efter svensk kvalité och tänkande...": Hur vi använder kategoriseringar i samtalet.
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• Holmqvist, K. & Holsanova, J. (1996). Focus Movements and the Internal Images of Spoken Discourse.
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• Holmqvist, K. & Holsanova, J. (1995). Jag längtar efter svensk kvalitet och svenskt tänkande. Hur vi använder kategoriseringar i samtalet. Lund University Cognitive Studies, 49.

Articles in specialist publications and popular press (1)

• Holsanova, J. (2016). Forskning avslöjar kopplingen mellan språk och tänkande. Bulletinen Klarspråk, 4/2016, 3-3. Klarspråk 3/2013 Bulletin från Språkrådet.
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Supervision at Lund University (3)

• Johansson, R. (2013). Tracking the Mind's Eye : Eye movements during mental imagery and memory retrieval. Lund University Cognitive Studies, 155. Dissertation.
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• Andersson, R. (2012). Language and Vision. Using visual information in real-world language situations. Lund University Cognitive Studies, 152. Dissertation.
• Johansson, R. (2011). Tracking the Mind's Eye. Humaniora och teologi, Kognitionsvetenskap. Licentiate thesis.