In at least one embodiment, a display device includes: a correction section for carrying out gray scale correction on gray scale data to be supplied to a display driver, by use of a correction amount corresponding to a position of each column to which the data signal is to be supplied, the each column being on a display panel, the correction section carrying out the gray scale correction by setting the correction amount to zero for at least (i) gray scale data corresponding to a lowest positive-polarity data signal potential and (ii) gray scale data corresponding to a lowest negative-polarity data signal potential of first gray scale data to be supplied to at least one column constituting a part of all columns, the gray scale data (i) and (ii) being among the gray scale data inputted into the correction section.