A display device includes a display panel that has a plurality of pixels disposed in a matrix so as to correspond to intersections of a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines and a plurality of light-emitting elements provided in each of the plurality of pixels. The display device drives the display panel on the basis of image data. The display device further includes a temperature detecting unit that detects the temperature of the display panel; and a display aspect changing unit that changes a display aspect of the display panel so as to decrease the luminance of each of light-emitting elements, among the plurality of light-emitting elements provided in each of the plurality of pixels, which have high temperature dependency of characteristic deterioration, when the temperature of the display panel detected by the temperature detecting unit becomes larger than a predetermined threshold value.