Abstract Background Multiple object tracking (MOT) is often used as a lab‐based paradigm for investigating goal‐driven attention as an indicator for “real‐world” attention in tasks such as sport. When exploring MOT performance in the context of sporting expertise, we typically observe that individuals with sporting expertise outperform non‐sporting individuals. There are a number of general explanations for performance differences such as cognitive transfer effects; however, the potential neurophysiological mechan…