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mental map
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[mental maps]
A person's perception of a place. A mental map may include the physical characteristics of a place, such as boundaries of a neighborhood, or the attributes of a place, such as a neighborhood's perceived unsafe areas. A mental map is primarily a psychological construct, although it may also be rendered as an actual map.
