`GENERAL HOSPITAL' STAR: `SOAP ACTING MAKES ME SHARP'

`GENERAL HOSPITAL' STAR: `SOAP ACTING MAKES ME SHARP'

LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) -- Watching soap operas may not increase your brain power -- but starring in them can. That's according to former "Santa Barbara" star A Martinez, who claims the task of filming a new show every day keeps his mind sharp. Martinez -- who played "Cruz" on the now-canceled soap -- says when he ended his gig on "Santa Barbara," he could actually feel his mind going soft. That's part of the reason why the actor decided to return to the soap arena with a new role on "General Hospital" as "Roy DiLucca." Martinez will make his debut on the soap tomorrow (Oct. 1).