The Recursive Self
Why repeated participation matters:
If you take this survey more than once and use the same personal code, your responses form a time-series that reveals how your experiential dynamics evolve over time. Time-series data are extremely rare and scientifically powerful, and your repeated participation has a measurable impact on the research. Even a single repetition — days or weeks later — adds enormous value.
There are no right or wrong answers. You do not need to formulate anything in a particular way. And the goal is not to make a good impression or to say something socially desirable. All that matters is how your own experience appears to you, even if it feels uncertain, unusual, or hard to put into words. Just write whatever comes to mind first.
The survey consists of 11 sliders, 3 of which are ‘quick-response’ items, and 11 short free-text questions. The total completion time is approximately 15–20 minutes.
Before you begin answering the questions, please pause for 10–15 seconds. Do not look outward, instead turn briefly inward and simply notice how your experience feels right now: your thoughts, your body, your internal state. Do nothing special, just be present for a moment.
On the next page, you’ll see a question with a slider.Read the question, understand what the slider does, then set the slider as quickly as possible, ideally within 2–3 seconds. Don’t analyze or evaluate it. Simply set it based on your immediate first impression.
Before you continue, take about 5 seconds to let your focus settle for a moment. The next question will again start with a fast, intuitive slider.
Be aware:
The following questions address more general patterns of your experience, independent of how things feel today.There is no time limit for these questions.
Thank you for participating.
