During the day,Bekah learned a lot of information about World War II.During her sleep that night,memories of this history were transferred from her hippocampus to areas within her brain's cortex.This transfer best illustrates

A) working memory.
B) the spacing effect.
C) episodic memory.
D) memory consolidation.

Memory Consolidation

The process by which short-term memories are transformed into long-term memories, making them stable and long-lasting.

Hippocampus

A crucial part of the brain involved in memory formation, organization, and retrieval.

Cerebral Cortex

The outermost layer of the brain, involved in high-level brain functions such as thought, memory, emotion, and language.