Prof. Dr. Cornelia Exner

Research focus

Neuropsychology of mental disorders
Emotional and interpersonal mechanisms in mental disorders
Psychotherapy research in relation to efficacy and mechanisms of cognitive-behavioral interventions
Obsessive-compulsive disorders
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Curriculum Vitae

	Exner, Cornelia, M.Sc., PhD, Professor of Psychology
Official position	Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Director of the Psychotherapy Outpatient Clinics
Institution	Institute of Psychology, University of Leipzig, Germany
Business address	Neumarkt 9-19, 04109 Leipzig

Academic education and degrees

1990-1996	Diploma in Psychology, Universities of Leipzig and Göttingen, Germany
1994-1995	M.Sc. in Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, UK
2000	PhD in Psychology, University of Göttingen, Germany
1997-2001	Postgraduate training in psychotherapy, Board License
2007	Postdoctoral lecture qualification (venia legendi) in Psychology, University of Marburg, Germany

Professional career

1996-2001	Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Göttingen, Germany
2001-2008	Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy Unit, University of Marburg, Germany
2008-2009	Acting Director and Chair of Medical Psychology, Department of Medicine, University of Marburg, Germany
2009-2011	Heisenberg Fellow, Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy Unit, University of Marburg, Germany
Since 2011	Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Institute of Psychology, University of Leipzig, Germany

Honors, awards and positions

1994-1995	DAAD Scholarship, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, UK
2009-2011	Heisenberg Scholarship
Since 2012	Scientific Board, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neuropsychologie e.V. (GNP)
Since 2018	Associated Member Scientific Board Psychotherapy, Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Psychotherapie nach § 11 PsychThG

Current journal editorial positions

Since 2015	Associate Editor, Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie https://www.hogrefe.de/produkte/zeitschriften/zeitschrift-fuer-klinische-psychologie-und-psychotherapie
Since 2018	Editorial Board, Verhaltenstherapie

10 most important peer-reviewed papers

(10 out of 75 publications, SCOPUS h-index: 22)

Kallweit C, Paucke M, Strauss M, Exner C. Cognitive deficits and psychosocial functioning in adult ADHD: Bridging the gap between objective test measures and subjective reports. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2020;42(6):569-83.

Fink J, Pflugradt E, Stierle C, Exner C. Changing disgust through imagery rescripting and cognitive reappraisal in contamination-based obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 2018;54:36-48.

Fink J, Hendrikx F, Stierle C, Stengler K, Jahn I, Exner C. The impact of attentional and emotional demands on memory performance in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 2017;50:60-8.

Exner C, Zetsche U, Lincoln TM, Rief W. Imminent danger? Probabilistic classification learning of threat-related information in obsessive-compulsive disorder Behav Ther. 2014;45:157-67.

Conrad N, Doering BK, Rief W, Exner C. Looking beyond the importance of life goals. The personal goal model of subjective well-being in neuropsychological rehabilitation. Clin Rehabil. 2010;24 431-43.

Exner C, Martin V, Rief W. Self-focused ruminations and memory deficits in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Cogn Ther Res. 2009;33(2):163-74.

Exner C, Lange C, Irle E. Impaired implicit learning and reduced pre-supplementary motor cortex size in early-onset major depression with melancholic features. J Affect Disord. 2009;119:156-62.

Exner C, Weniger G, Schmidt-Samoa C, Irle I. Reduced size of the pre-supplementary motor cortex and impaired motor sequence learning in first-episode-schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. 2006;84:386-96.

Exner C, Weniger G, Irle I. Cerebellar lesions in the PICA but not SCA territory impair cognition. Neurology. 2004;63:2132-5.

Exner C, Koschack J, Irle E. The differential role of premotor frontal cortex and basal ganglia in motor sequence learning: evidence from focal basal ganglia lesions. Lear Mem. 2002;9(6):376-86.