Method for driving display element and method for driving display device

A display device including:

• a current-driven light emitting part;
• a drive circuit, the drive circuit including a write transistor, a drive transistor, and a capacitive part, in a display element;
• and
• an additional capacitive element between the first electrode of the light emitting part and the capacitive part,
• wherein,
• the drive circuit is configured to (a) execute correction processing of extracting a current flow through the drive transistor to the capacitive part, and (b) execute write processing of writing a video signal from the data line to the capacitive part via the write transistor,
• the correction processing is executed in a state in which a first reference voltage is applied to a first electrode of the light emitting part,
• subsequently the write processing is executed in a state in which a second reference voltage lower than the first reference voltage is applied to the first electrode of the light emitting part,
• the light emitting part and the drive transistor are connected between a first power supply line and a second power supply line so as to form a current path when the light emitting part emits light, wherein:
• Vcat-H denotes the first reference voltage,
• VCat-L denotes the second reference voltage,
• VSig-Max denotes a maximum value that is possibly taken by the video signal,
• VSig-min denotes a minimum value that is possibly taken by the video signal,
• cA denotes capacitance of the capacitive part,
• cB denotes capacitance of the additional capacitive element,
• VOfs denotes voltage applied to the capacitive part during the correction processing, and
• a relationship Vcat-H−VCat-L=((VSig-Max+VSig-min)/2 −VOfs)·cA/cB holds true.