Display apparatus

A display apparatus, comprising:

• a display device comprising a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data lines intersecting the scanning lines, and a pixel formed at each intersection of the scanning lines and the data lines and showing plural display states depending on signals applied to an associated scanning line and an associated data line,
• a scanning line-drive circuit for applying a selection signal to at least two adjacent scanning lines in a selection period and providing a reference voltage to a scanning line in a non-selection period;
• and,
• a data line-drive circuit for applying data signals to the data lines, each data signal in combination with the selection signal providing a voltage signal determining a display state at an associated pixel,
• said scanning line-drive circuit further applying a dummy signal having a waveform different from that of the selection signal, applied separately from the selection signal and comprising a prescribed voltage pulse component to a scanning line in its non-selection period, during which the selection signal is applied to at least one other scanning line, said dummy signal providing, in combination with each data signal, a voltage signal which temporarily changes a prescribed display state of an associated pixel but restores the prescribed display state after termination of the voltage signal.