Towards psychology-inspired human impression understanding of language using foundational models

Research Project

Project/Area Number	25K21227
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Review Section	Basic Section 61010:Perceptual information processing-related
Research Institution	Hiroshima City University
Principal Investigator	KASTNER MarcAurel 広島市立大学, 情報科学研究科, 講師 (30966700)
Project Period (FY)	2025-04-01 – 2027-03-31
Project Status	Granted (Fiscal Year 2025)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000) Fiscal Year 2026: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000) Fiscal Year 2025: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Keywords	psycholinguistics / foundation models
Outline of Research at the Start	Can a machine understand granular perceptual differences of natural language? In this research, I propose an inter-disciplinary approach which evaluates the capabilities of foundation models to reproduce psycholinguistic data.