A display device (1) in accordance with the present invention includes a detection section (21) provided along a display panel (11) and detecting an approach or a contact of an object. The detection section (21) detects the approach or the contact of the object in a period which (i) is from a time point when supply of a scanning signal to a gate signal line (G) is started to a time point when supply of the scanning signal to a subsequent gate signal line (G) is started but (ii) excludes a rising period of a source signal supplied to a source signal line (S).