Meaning of numeron | Babel Free

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A hypothetical nonverbal cognitive representation of a numeric amount.

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“Of course, it is also possible that Sheba's mental representations of 1, 2, 3, and 4 may have⟳ been symbolic, accumulator representations or numeron representations.”

“Specifically, and in direct⟳ contrast to the numeron model⟳, the idea of an accumulator is that the brain converts numerical events into an analogue representation.”

“We suggest⟳ that for small numerosities, the preverbal counter can run⟳ much faster than the verbal counting routine, so that the magnitude (the preverbal numeron) that represents the numerosity of an array is specified long before the verbal counting process⟳ has arrived at the correct⟳ numerlog. It is specified so much sooner that one can get⟳ the correct⟳ numerlog more quickly by using the preverbal counting mechanism (subitizing) to get⟳ the preverbal numeron and use⟳ the preverbal numeron to retrieve the numerlog.”

“The one–one principle: Each item in the set⟳ is assigned one and only one numeron.”

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