“We talk about everything from caffeine use and the role of exercise to what temperature your bedroom should be,” Shatkin explained. “And we teach relaxation exercises — meditation and breathing techniques — to help them fall asleep.”
　　“我们谈论各个方面，从咖啡因的摄入、运动的作用到卧室的温度，”沙特金解释说。“我们也会教授一些放松练习——冥想和呼吸技巧——帮助学生更好入睡。”

　　“I learned basically everything about sleep”
　　“我学到了所有的睡眠基本知识”

　　Cynthia Haddad, who graduated from NYU in 2015 and took the course over the summer of 2013, signed up because it was cross-listed under a minor she planned to pursue.
　　纽约州立大学15届毕业生辛西娅·哈达德在2013年夏天报名学习了学校的睡眠课，因为这是一门向未成年人开设的跨学科交叉课程，正是她计划要学习的。

　　“I learned basically everything about the significance of sleep,” Haddad told HuffPost. “We learned about how sleep affects our bodies. … We learned about how sleep affects us in our waking hours — the brain, the body, emotionally.”
　　“我学到了一切关于睡眠重要性的基本知识，”哈达德告诉赫芬顿邮报。 “我们了解了睡眠如何影响我们的身体。……也了解了睡眠如何影响我们的日常——大脑、身体以及情绪。”

　　The course absolutely changed my sleep habits
　　睡眠课完全改变了我的睡眠习惯

　　“The course absolutely changed my sleep habits,” Haddad added. “I learned the following and try to keep to these rules: Do not use devices up to an hour before bed; no caffeine past noon; and use the bed only for sleep and sex — so that when you get into bed, your body knows it wants to sleep.”
　　“睡眠课完全改变了我的睡眠习惯，”哈达德说。 “我学会了以下规则并尽量遵从：睡前一小时不要使用电子设备；午后不摄入咖啡因；床只为两个目的：睡觉和性生活——这样当躺上床时，你的身体就知道你要睡觉了。”

　　Students sleep 22 minutes longer
　　学生平均每晚多睡22分钟

　　Haddad was not the only one who slept better after the course. To determine how effective the lesson plans were in actually improving sleep quality among students in the course, Shatkin and his colleagues compared sleep quantity and quality between NYU students enrolled in the class in the fall 2014 semester and NYU students enrolled in coursework other than the sleep course. They found sleep for the students taking “While You Were Sleeping” did, in fact, improve.
　　哈达德不是学完该课程后唯一一位睡眠有所提高的学生。为了探究该门课程是否真的能有效提高学生的睡眠质量，沙特金和他的同事们对比了本校2014年秋季学期学了此门课程和未学习此课程的学生的睡眠时间和睡眠质量。他们发现选修了睡眠课“睡眠状态下的你”的学生的睡眠确实提高了。

　　Students enrolled in the sleep course slept 22 minutes longer per night on average two months after taking the course compared with their sleep before the course, and the students fell asleep nine minutes faster per night after the course, according to the findings, which were presented at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s annual meeting last year. And better sleep hygiene for all of the students was associated with fewer depressive symptoms — meaning the results imply that the course, by improving sleep, could also help decrease depression and anxiety, Shatkin said.
　　调查结果显示，选修了睡眠课的学生在学习此课程两个月后，较学习之前相比，平均每晚多睡22分钟，每晚早9分钟入睡。这一结果也被公布在《美国儿童青少年精神病学会》去年的年度会议上。夏特金表示，对于所有学生来说，更好的睡眠卫生与更少的抑郁症状有关——这表明，本次调查结果暗示，本门课程通过改善睡眠，也有助于减少抑郁和焦虑。（爱语吧）