This is a pre-print version of the final version of the manuscript published in Brain Research 1270 (2009): 88–94 doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2009.03.019 Is conceptual processing in music automatic? An electrophysiological approach. Jérôme Daltrozzo & Daniele Schön Mediterranean Institute of Cognitive Neurosciences, CNRS and University of the Mediterranean, Marseille, France Corresponding author: Jérôme Daltrozzo,INCM-CNRS, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402 Marseille cedex 20, France, Email: daltrozzo@incm.cnrs-mrs.fr 1