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==Originof the Term==The [[French]] substantive ''[[captation]]'' is a neologism coined by the [[French]] [[psychoanalysts]] Édouard Pichon and Odile Codet -- from the verb ''[[captation|capter]]''.<ref>Édouard Pichon and Odile Codet</ref>

==The Imaginary Effect Effects of the Specular Image on the Subject==[[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 [[Frenchdouble]] term - "[[captivationsense]]" and "of the [[captureFrench]]" - term nicely indicates the ambiguous [[nature ]] of the [[power]] of the [[specular image]].:

===Captivation===(* On the one hand, it has conveys the sense of "[[captivation]]," thus expressing the fascinating, [[seduction|seductive power ]] of the [[image]].)

(* On the [[other ]] hand, the term also conveys the idea of "capture," which evokes the more sinister power of the image to imprison the [[subject]] in a disabeling fixation.) --First, the term conveys the idea of "[[captivation]]." In this sense, ''[[captation]]'' refers to the [[power]] of the [[specular image]] to "[[captivate]]" - to [[fascinate]] and/or to [[seduce]] - the [[subject]]. ===Capture===Second, the term conveys the idea of "[[capture]].," In this sense, ''[[captation]]'' refers to which evokes the [[more sinister power]] of the [[specular image]] to "[[capture]]" - to "imprison" and/or to "hold" - the [[subject]] (in a disabling [[fixation]]).