Is there any research which has performed a critical/objective comparison of the cognitive impact/effect of visual information charting methods such as flow charts, status charts, Petrinets etc? It appears that we have assumed that 'flow charts are the best way to express 'xyz'....' and that 'Petrinets are good at representing 'abc'...' Has anybody compared methods? 

Any comments/pointers very welcome :-)

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