Cansu Oktem

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PhD Student, Joiner Lab

  • Neuroscience Graduate Group
  • NeuralStorm Fellow (2026-2027 cohort

I am a second-year PhD student in Neuroscience in Dr. Wilsaan Joiner’s lab. My research interests focus on sensorimotor processing in clinical contexts, including perceptual and decision-making disruptions in psychiatric disorders and motor adaptation in individuals with congenital upper limb differences. I am interested in how the brain processes sensory and motor information and how these processes may differ across clinical populations.