Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness repeatedly likens its narrator,Marlow,to a silent Buddha,infusing the novel with a distinct Zen undertone.Through the interplay of“silence”and“Buddha imagery,”the novel construct...Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness repeatedly likens its narrator,Marlow,to a silent Buddha,infusing the novel with a distinct Zen undertone.Through the interplay of“silence”and“Buddha imagery,”the novel constructs a profound philosophical narrative that critiques the violent essence of colonialism while exposing the spiritual alienation of modernity.This essay employs a genealogical approach to dissect the novel’s“silence”into three dimensions—natural silence,interpersonal silence,and ontological silence—exploring its mirroring relationship with Zen thought and revealing how Conrad uses alienation of silence to depict the cognitive crises of modern individuals.It also examines the dual Buddha figures of Marlow and Kurtz,analyzing the spiritual degradation of Western colonizers.The study demonstrates that Conrad’s conception of silence starkly contrasts with Zen—where Zen’s silence leads to enlightenment,colonial alienated silence becomes complicit with power or descends into nihilistic abyss.Through this contrast,the novel not only deconstructs the hypocrisy of European civilization but also interrogates the epistemological dilemmas of modernity itself.展开更多
The pursuit of understanding the brain is often considered as the last frontier in biological science.The ability to selectively and precisely modulate and detect neural activities with high spatiotemporal resolution ...The pursuit of understanding the brain is often considered as the last frontier in biological science.The ability to selectively and precisely modulate and detect neural activities with high spatiotemporal resolution represents a powerful tool for neuroscience research and clinical therapeutics.The advancement of materials,devices,algorithms,and systems,as well as the use of electrical,optical,thermal,magnetic,acoustic,and chemical signals,is progressing rapidly to achieve advanced brain-machine interfaces.These techniques have found widespread applications in fundamental neuroscience research as well as in clinical neuroengineering practices.展开更多
Spinal cord injury(SCI)poses a substantial medical and social challenge,frequently leading to partial or complete loss of motor function below the site of injury[1].The disruption of descending neural pathways and the...Spinal cord injury(SCI)poses a substantial medical and social challenge,frequently leading to partial or complete loss of motor function below the site of injury[1].The disruption of descending neural pathways and the consequent loss of neural connectivity impair voluntary movement and interfere with sensory and autonomic functions.Traditional therapeutic strategies have primarily centered on compensatory methods,helping individuals with SCI adapt to their impairments[2].However,recent advances in neurorehabilitation are shifting the paradigm toward restorative treatments that seek to re-establish neural connections and promote functional recovery.展开更多
Last July, a "breakthrough" in the fields of brain implants and brain-computer interfaces has leaped to the public’s eyes from Elon Musk and Neuralink. They published a brain-machine interface platform whic...Last July, a "breakthrough" in the fields of brain implants and brain-computer interfaces has leaped to the public’s eyes from Elon Musk and Neuralink. They published a brain-machine interface platform which consists of a group of flexible arrays for sensing, a neurosurgical robot for localization, and an electronic chip for low-power data acquisition [1]. The platform has been validated in rats and the implanted electrodes have successfully detected thousands of channels of neural spikes.展开更多
基金funded by the National Social Science Foundation of China,Youth Fund Project“A Study on the Aesthetics of Silence in British Modernist Literature”(20CWW014)。
文摘Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness repeatedly likens its narrator,Marlow,to a silent Buddha,infusing the novel with a distinct Zen undertone.Through the interplay of“silence”and“Buddha imagery,”the novel constructs a profound philosophical narrative that critiques the violent essence of colonialism while exposing the spiritual alienation of modernity.This essay employs a genealogical approach to dissect the novel’s“silence”into three dimensions—natural silence,interpersonal silence,and ontological silence—exploring its mirroring relationship with Zen thought and revealing how Conrad uses alienation of silence to depict the cognitive crises of modern individuals.It also examines the dual Buddha figures of Marlow and Kurtz,analyzing the spiritual degradation of Western colonizers.The study demonstrates that Conrad’s conception of silence starkly contrasts with Zen—where Zen’s silence leads to enlightenment,colonial alienated silence becomes complicit with power or descends into nihilistic abyss.Through this contrast,the novel not only deconstructs the hypocrisy of European civilization but also interrogates the epistemological dilemmas of modernity itself.
文摘The pursuit of understanding the brain is often considered as the last frontier in biological science.The ability to selectively and precisely modulate and detect neural activities with high spatiotemporal resolution represents a powerful tool for neuroscience research and clinical therapeutics.The advancement of materials,devices,algorithms,and systems,as well as the use of electrical,optical,thermal,magnetic,acoustic,and chemical signals,is progressing rapidly to achieve advanced brain-machine interfaces.These techniques have found widespread applications in fundamental neuroscience research as well as in clinical neuroengineering practices.
基金supported by the Beijing Nova Program(2021B00003292 and 20220484216)the National Key Research and Development Project of China(2023YFC2415600)。
文摘Spinal cord injury(SCI)poses a substantial medical and social challenge,frequently leading to partial or complete loss of motor function below the site of injury[1].The disruption of descending neural pathways and the consequent loss of neural connectivity impair voluntary movement and interfere with sensory and autonomic functions.Traditional therapeutic strategies have primarily centered on compensatory methods,helping individuals with SCI adapt to their impairments[2].However,recent advances in neurorehabilitation are shifting the paradigm toward restorative treatments that seek to re-establish neural connections and promote functional recovery.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2016YFC0105502)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81527901,61901243,and 51777115)。
文摘Last July, a "breakthrough" in the fields of brain implants and brain-computer interfaces has leaped to the public’s eyes from Elon Musk and Neuralink. They published a brain-machine interface platform which consists of a group of flexible arrays for sensing, a neurosurgical robot for localization, and an electronic chip for low-power data acquisition [1]. The platform has been validated in rats and the implanted electrodes have successfully detected thousands of channels of neural spikes.
