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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.


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