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==Origin of the Term==
The [[French]] substantive ''[[captation]]'' is a neologism coined by [[French]] [[psychoanalysts]] from the verb ''[[captation|capter]]''.<ref>Édouard Pichon and Odile Codet</ref>
==Jacques Lacan==
It was adopted by [[Jacques Lacan]] in [[1948]] and occurs regularly in his [[work]] from this point on.
==Imaginary Effects of the Specular Image==
[[Lacan]] uses the term ''[[captation]]'' to describe the [[imaginary]] effects of the [[specular image]] on the [[subject]].<ref>{{E}} p.18</ref>
The double sense of the [[French]] term nicely indicates the ambiguous nature of the [[power]] of the [[specular image]]:
