Higher order cognition depends on component processes recruited in various combinations to meet task demands. I will describe results from studies from our lab that use a component process approach and fMRI to explore the functional organization of prefrontal cortex.

Raye, C.L., Johnson, M.K., Mitchell, K.J., Reeder, J.A. & Greene, E.J. (2002). Neuroimaging a single thought: Dorsolateral PFC activity associated with refreshing just-activated information. NeuroImage, 15, 447-453.

Cunningham, W. A., Johnson, M. K., Gatenby, J. C., Gore, J. C., & Banaji, M. R. (2003). Neural components of social evaluation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 639-649.