Rehearsal serves to:
A) refresh sensory memory
B) keep information in short-term memory
C) help transfer information to long-term memory
D) both B and C

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Rehearsal involves repetition of information which helps to keep it in short-term memory. However, if the information is rehearsed enough times, it can be transferred to long-term memory. Therefore, both options B and C are correct. Rehearsal does not directly refresh sensory memory, which is the initial stage of processing sensory information.

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