A fragmented pencil and tracing-paper mental map of London
Research 01London / 2026—27Work in progress

London Mental
Maps of Fear

A sensory and cognitive study of urban imageability.

01 / Premise

The city in the mind does not share the city’s official borders.

This ongoing UCL Geography research asks how London is recalled, misrecognised and emotionally redrawn — and how digital images enter that private cartography.

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