The evidence seems clear that elaborative rehearsal serves primarily to ________.
A) move information from short-term to working memory
B) maintain information in sensory registers
C) maintain information in short-term memory
D) move information from short-term to long-term memory

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Elaborative rehearsal involves relating new information to existing knowledge in long-term memory, which makes it more likely to be stored there for later retrieval. This process moves information from short-term to long-term memory.

The Evidence Seems Clear That Elaborative Rehearsal Serves Primarily to ________