numeron means A hypothetical nonverbal cognitive representation of a numeric amount. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 93 out of 100.
Etymology
From numero- + -on (“forming names of things considered as basic or fundamental units”). Coined in 1986 by Rochel Gelman and C. R. Gallistel.
noun
- A hypothetical nonverbal cognitive representation of a numeric amount.“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.”