...the Principles of Psychology, however, we find statements of entirely different import. "My theory is that the bodily changes follow directly the perception...that our feeling of the same changes as they occur is1 the emotion" (n. 449). " If we fancy some strong emotion, and try to abstract from our consciousness...

...bodily expression. My thesis on the contrary is that the bodily changes follow directly the PEHCEPTION of the exciting fact, and that our feeling of the same changes as they occur is the emotion. Common sense says, we lose our fortune, are sorry and weep ; we meet a bear, are frightened and run...

...sensations thus originated which cause, or are, the emotion. This view is summarised by James :— "The bodily changes follow directly the perception of the exciting fact, and our feeling of the same changes, as they occur, is the emotion." The second view agrees as to the nervous...

...stimuli. ency ate. to irradi" Bodily changes follow directly the perception of the exciting fact, and our feeling of the same changes as they occur is the emotion. Objects excite bodily changes by a pre-organized mechanism, and these changes are so indefinitely numerous...

...breathing, and a placid face ? " In view of the foregoing facts, Professor James propounds the thesis, that the " bodily changes follow directly the perception...of the same changes as they occur is the emotion." ' To neglect, however, that element of feeling in every emotion which is immediately attached to certain...

...breathing, and a placid face ? " In view of the foregoing facts, Professor James propounds the thesis, that the " bodily changes follow directly the perception...of the same changes as they occur is the emotion." * To neglect, however, that element of feeling in every emotion which is immediately attached to certain...

...considered to be the fundamental principles involved in all emotion : " My theory, on the contrary, is that the bodily changes follow directly the perception...of the same changes as they occur IS the emotion." For twenty-six years psychologists have been content with James' barren but graceful formulation. Apparently...

...breathing, and a placid face ? " In view ^ of the foregoing facts, Professor James propounds the thesis, that / the " bodily changes follow directly the perception...our feeling of the same changes as they occur is the I emotion."' / To neglect, however, that element of feeling in every emotion which is immediately attached...

...is essentially mechanical, basing' feeling on physiological reflexes. The view of James l is that " bodily changes follow directly the perception of the...of the same changes as they occur is the emotion." " We are sorry because we cry, angry because we strike, afraid because we tremble, etc.1' These bodily...

...that this latter state of 'mind givea rise to the bodily expression. My theory, on the contrary, is that the bodily changes follow directly the perception of the exciting fact, and that our feeling of íhe same changes as they occur is the emotion. Common-sense says, we lose our fortune, are sorry and...