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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>

[[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, [[seduction|seductive power]] of the [[image]]. On the one hand, it conveys the sense 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===On the other hand, The [[double]] [[sense]] of the [[French]] term also conveys nicely indicates the idea of "ambiguous [[capturenature]]," which evokes the more sinister power of the [[imagepower]] to imprison of the [[subjectspecular image]] in a disabling fixation.:

* On the other one hand, the term also 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)]].