diff --git a/htmresearch/frameworks/layers/l2_l4_inference.py b/htmresearch/frameworks/layers/l2_l4_inference.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/htmresearch/frameworks/layers/l2_l4_inference.py
+++ b/htmresearch/frameworks/layers/l2_l4_inference.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class L4L2Experiment(object):
                longDistanceConnections = 0,
                maxConnectionDistance = 1,
                columnPositions = None,
-               decayFunction = lambda x: 1./(x**2),
+               decayFunction = lambda x: 1./x,
                L4Overrides=None,
                numLearningPoints=3,
                seed=42,
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