Blandine Bril Author

Valentine Roux is Director of Research at the CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research) and has conducted research on both present-day and past societies in India and the Near East with a particular interest in technological studies. She is the author of The Potter's Wheel: Craft Specialization and Technical Competence (1989). Blandine Bril is Professor of Psychology at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris. Her research focuses on the development and learning of motor skills, and particularly of functional skills such as walking and tool use.