Which Statement Accurately Summarizes the Effects of Sleep on Long-Term

Multiple Choice

Which statement accurately summarizes the effects of sleep on long-term storage?

A) Sleep facilitates long-term storage because it prevents proactive interference from occurring that otherwise might interfere with consolidation.
B) Sleep facilitates the consolidation of trivial information that might be discarded as unimportant in the fully conscious state.
C) Sleep helps strip memories of their emotionality,thereby aiding in their subsequent clarity.
D) Sleep helps us to remember what is important and discard what is trivial.