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The attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), is a neurobiological disorder and belongs to those called neurodevelopmental disorders, since it is commonly diagnosed in childhood, and persists into adulthood. The ADHD is divided by its central symptomatology in hyperactivity, and inattention, variable according to the case. It is one of the most diagnosed disorders in the child and education psychology fields, it has been considered that every child and adolescent must have an integral treatment plan, where technology advances can be part of it, and being available at home, becoming psycho-educative, and supportive in the treatment process. Thus, in this article, a revision of current applications about ADHD is presented.

Impulse control, or also called inhibitory control, refers to the capacity of controlling attentiveness, behavior, thoughts, and/or emotions, and, at the end, to control internal willingness that is in charge of our behavior. It is important to mention that impulsiveness can be associated to three main factors, first, to behave without a direct implication of frontal lobe functioning; second, increased rate of the response given; and, behavior directed towards immediate reward. This article arises from the need to include technological innovations for the treatment of impulsiveness, thus, literature revision of the available applications about this topic has been made.