Musical semantics: Dimensions, processes, and neural correlates 123 Figures and /gure legends Figure 1: Left: Examples of the four experimental conditions preceding a visually presented target word. Top panel: Prime sentences that are semantically related (a), and unrelated (b) to the target word wideness. The diagram on the right shows grand-averaged ERPs elicited by target words after the presentation of semantically related (solid line) and unrelated prime sentences (dotted line), recorded from a central electrode. Unprimed target words elicited a clear N400 component in the ERP (compared to the primed target words). Bottom panel: Musical excerpts that are semantically related (c), and unrelated (d) to the same target word. The diagram on the right shows grand-averaged ERPs elicited by target words after the presentation of semantically related (solid line) and unrelated musical excerpts (dotted line). As after the presentation of sentences, unprimed target words elicited a clear N400 component (compared to primed target words). Each trial was presented once, con-ditions were distributed in random order, but counterbalanced across the experi-ment. Note that the same target word was used for the four different conditions. Thus, condition-dependent ERP effects elicited by the target words can only be due to the different preceding contexts.