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==OriginJacques Lacan==The [[French]] substantive ''[[captation]]'' is a neologism coined by the [[French]] [[psychoanalysts]] Édouard Pichon and Odile Codet -- from the verb ''[[captation|capter]]''. 

==The Imaginary Effect 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 - "[[captivation]]" and "[[capture]]" - nicely indicates the ambiguous nature of the [[power]] of the [[specular image]]. ===Captivation===On the one hand, it has the sense of "[[captivation]]," thus expressing the fascinating, seductive power of the image. ===Capture===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. -- ===Captivation===First, the term conveys the idea of "[[captivation]]."

In this sense, ''The [[captationdouble]]'' refers to the [[powersense]] of the [[specular imageFrench]] to "term nicely indicates the ambiguous [[captivatenature]]" - to of the [[fascinatepower]] and/or to [[seduce]] - of the [[subjectspecular image]].:

===Capture===Second* On the one hand, the term it conveys the idea sense of "[[capturecaptivation]]," thus expressing the fascinating, [[seduction|seductive power]] of the [[image]]."

In this sense, ''* On the [[captationother]]'' refers to hand, the term also conveys the [[poweridea]] of the "[[specular imagecapture]] to ,"which evokes the more sinister power of the [[captureimage]]" - to "imprison" and/or to "hold" - the [[subject]] (in a disabling [[fixation]]).