3 Journals Rejected Findings on Puberty Blockers Lowering Children’s IQ: Neuropsychologist

Three journals rejected a paper assessing research into the effects of puberty blockers on cognitive functioning, with one reviewer branding the author as biased, a clinical neuropsychologist has said. Sallie Baxendale, a professor of clinical neuropsychology at University College London (UCL), conducted a review of research on the impact of chemically suppressing puberty on children’s IQ. In her literature review, which summarises the current research of a given topic, Ms. Baxendale found that only 5 out of 16 published academic papers had examined the impact of puberty-blocking drugs on the cognitive function in children. Only three of those five had looked into the effects of blockers given to young patients with gender dysphoria....