A fusion of two similar theories of EMOTION put forward by the American philosopher William James and the Danish physiologist C.G. Lange. In essence, they suggest that what we refer to as emotion is our CONSCIOUS AWARENESS of the bodily changes that follow an exciting event. Thus, it would be more correct to say that we are sad because we cry, rather than that we cry because we are sad.
Contrast with BARD-CANNON THEORY.
