The James-Lange theory of emotion asserts that emotions arise from:

1. Theories of emotion differ in what comes first. 2. The James-Lange theory of emotion makes a specific ordering claim. 3. It asserts that emotions arise from physiological arousal. 4. So the bodily change comes before the felt emotion. 5. The Cannon-Bard theory was developed as an alternative to this. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 10 'Emotion and Motivation', sections 10.1-10.4_