TY - JOUR AB - In the present article, the role of endogenous feature-specific orienting for conscious and unconscious vision is reviewed. We start with an overview of orienting. We proceed with a review of masking research, and the definition of the criteria of experimental protocols that demonstrate endogenous and exogenous orienting, respectively. Against this background of criteria, we assess studies of unconscious orienting and come to the conclusion that so far studies of unconscious orienting demonstrated endogenous feature-specific orienting. The review closes with a discussion of the role of unconscious orienting in action control. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) AU - Ansorge, Ulrich AU - Horstmann, Gernot AU - Scharlau, Ingrid ID - 6091 IS - 2 JF - Advances in Cognitive Psychology KW - visual input KW - awareness KW - conscious KW - orientation KW - visual perception KW - Awareness KW - Consciousness States KW - Perceptual Orientation KW - Visual Perception KW - Blindsight SN - 1895-1171 TI - Top-down contingent feature-specific orienting with and without awareness of the visual input. VL - 7 ER -