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shuttle box

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shuttle box [′shəd·əl ‚bäks]
(textiles)
A case on a loom at either end of the lay; holds the shutter after it has been moved through the shed.
A compartment for quick-access storage of shuttles containing threads of various colors.


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During the acquisition tests in sessions 1-4 and the extinction test, we recorded the percentage of correct avoidance responses, in which the animals moved to the other compartment of the shuttle box within a 5-sec CS in each block of 25 trials.
Recently, Balleine and Job (1991) have reported evidence suggesting that manipulations of activity, or more precisely inactivity, during training can also affect performance during a shuttle box escape test.
 
 
 
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