Dr Roberta Bianco: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- researcher based at the Italian Institute of Technology in Rome
- Quoted on
- Maternity & neonatal
- Tracked press citations
- 1
- Most recently quoted
- 10 Sept 2026
“Rhythm seems to be built on very ancient auditory abilities that we share with other primates, while melody appears to depend on human brain specialisations that are shaped by learning after birth. In other words, rhythm may be part of our biological toolkit, while melody is something we grow into.”
Where Dr Roberta Bianco has been quoted
- ‘Part of our biological toolkit’: newborn babies can anticipate rhythm in music, researchers findtheguardian.com · 10 Sept 2026
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