“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.”
　　“我們談?wù)摳鱾�(gè)方面,，從咖啡因的攝入、運(yùn)動(dòng)的作用到臥室的溫度,，”沙特金解釋說(shuō),。“我們也會(huì)教授一些放松練習(xí)——冥想和呼吸技巧——幫助學(xué)生更好入睡,�,！�

　　“I learned basically everything about sleep”
　　“我學(xué)到了所有的睡眠基本知識(shí)”

　　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.
　　紐約州立大學(xué)15屆畢業(yè)生辛西婭·哈達(dá)德在2013年夏天報(bào)名學(xué)習(xí)了學(xué)校的睡眠課，因?yàn)檫@是一門(mén)向未成年人開(kāi)設(shè)的跨學(xué)科交叉課程,，正是她計(jì)劃要學(xué)習(xí)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.”
　　“我學(xué)到了一切關(guān)于睡眠重要性的基本知識(shí)，”哈達(dá)德告訴赫芬頓郵報(bào),。 “我們了解了睡眠如何影響我們的身體,。……也了解了睡眠如何影響我們的日常——大腦,、身體以及情緒,。”

　　The course absolutely changed my sleep habits
　　睡眠課完全改變了我的睡眠習(xí)慣

　　“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.”
　　“睡眠課完全改變了我的睡眠習(xí)慣,，”哈達(dá)德說(shuō),。 “我學(xué)會(huì)了以下規(guī)則并盡量遵從：睡前一小時(shí)不要使用電子設(shè)備；午后不攝入咖啡因,；床只為兩個(gè)目的：睡覺(jué)和性生活——這樣當(dāng)躺上床時(shí),，你的身體就知道你要睡覺(jué)了�,！�

　　Students sleep 22 minutes longer
　　學(xué)生平均每晚多睡22分鐘

　　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.
　　哈達(dá)德不是學(xué)完該課程后唯一一位睡眠有所提高的學(xué)生,。為了探究該門(mén)課程是否真的能有效提高學(xué)生的睡眠質(zhì)量，沙特金和他的同事們對(duì)比了本校2014年秋季學(xué)期學(xué)了此門(mén)課程和未學(xué)習(xí)此課程的學(xué)生的睡眠時(shí)間和睡眠質(zhì)量,。他們發(fā)現(xiàn)選修了睡眠課“睡眠狀態(tài)下的你”的學(xué)生的睡眠確實(shí)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.
　　調(diào)查結(jié)果顯示，選修了睡眠課的學(xué)生在學(xué)習(xí)此課程兩個(gè)月后,，較學(xué)習(xí)之前相比,，平均每晚多睡22分鐘，每晚早9分鐘入睡,。這一結(jié)果也被公布在《美國(guó)兒童青少年精神病學(xué)會(huì)》去年的年度會(huì)議上,。夏特金表示，對(duì)于所有學(xué)生來(lái)說(shuō),，更好的睡眠衛(wèi)生與更少的抑郁癥狀有關(guān)——這表明,，本次調(diào)查結(jié)果暗示，本門(mén)課程通過(guò)改善睡眠,，也有助于減少抑郁和焦慮。（愛(ài)語(yǔ)吧）