In 3 week I got this note in quiz No. As seen in lecture the output of the tanh is between -1 and 1, it thus centers the data which makes the learning simpler for the next layer. Can you explain, please, how could the choice between -1 and 1 be better than 0 and 1 in sigmoid function for hidden …

Is Tanh better than sigmoid?

Course Q&A Deep Learning Specialization Neural Networks and Deep Learning

Rashmi May 11, 2023, 12:37pm 6

Hello Mihail,

Super Mentors Paul and Tom (sirs) have already replied to your answers. You can also go through this thread & this one for deeper understanding on how Sigmoid and Tanh are used in different cases.

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Is Tanh better than sigmoid?

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