Neurolinguistics and psycholinguistics study the neurological and psychological bases of language. Localization attempts to locate language in the brain and suggests it is an independent faculty rather than part of general thought. Lateralization shows language functions become specialized in each hemisphere, with split-brain patients demonstrating this. The left hemisphere controls language and is dominant for most individuals. Key brain areas involved in language processing include Broca's and Wernicke's areas in the frontal and temporal lobes of the left hemisphere respectively.