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We have previously demonstrated that as the number of tracked objects increases, the strength of attentional facilitation allocated to each individual object decreases, limiting tracking success. It is also well established that beyond the number of tracked objects, faster-moving objects and objects embedded amongst higher numbers of distractors are more difficult to track. Are these effects on tracking difficulty also mediated by less effective allocation of attention to tracked targets as in the case of tracking more targets? If so, one should expect the strength of attentional modulation to drop systematically with increasing speed and total number of moving stimuli. In two experiments (total\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 70), participants were instructed to track moving targets amongst identical distractors while we manipulated object speed (Experiment 1) and number (Experiment 2). As expected, tracking performance declined with both manipulations. However, steady-state visual evoked potentials (SSVEPs) recorded during successful tracking revealed that attentional enhancement of tracked targets compared with distractors did not drop with increasing speed or object number. In summary, bottom-up changes in the stimulus display and top-down attentional manipulations affect tracking performance in independent ways, with the balance between strength of attentional allocation and bottom-up demands of the task determining successful tracking. The allocation of attention itself seems to be determined exclusively by top-down goals rather than being reactive to bottom-up display characteristics.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Significance statement<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Keeping track of multiple moving objects is fundamental to navigating dynamic real-world scenarios. This ability is accomplished through multifocal attentional selection, which weakens as the number of tracked targets increases. This study asks whether other stimulus manipulations increase tracking difficulty by diluting attentional allocation. Using steady-state visual evoked potentials to measure selective attention during tracking, we demonstrate that both increases in speed and distractor number impair performance, but they do not affect attentional enhancement of targets relative to distractors. 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