The issue of using motion to visualize a graph is discussed in this paper. This technique is claimed to be particularly useful in the presence of large graphs.

The paper reports on three experiments where different forms of motion, combined with different forms of link or node highlighting, were tested. The results show that motion highlighting is very effective in graph interaction, when it is particularly large.

Considering that using graphs as devices to visualize technical information is a very common practice, and that their design is deeply grounded in perceptual and neurophysiological theories, this paper presents very interesting and useful evidence to support the further development of graph interaction.