: Re: Many resources in one sentence: how to use references? So can I write like this: Example: Exercising (Goodman, J. 2010), laughing (Wilson, A. 2009) and studying (Mann, 2000) have all health

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In academic writing, this is appropriate.

You don't want to do an entire paper like this but, yeah, those individual references are important. If this was a news article you could say:

Goodman, Wilson, Mann and other researchers have found evidence that
such disparate things as exercise, laughing, and even studying have
health benefits that might increase life expectancy.

or

Many researchers have found evidence that
such disparate things as exercise, laughing, and even studying have
health benefits that might increase life expectancy.

Then talk more about each, or a least one or two.

But you're writing an academic paper. Whether it's for school or for publication, you need to reference the heck out of every claim you make. As awkward as it sounds, you don't want to be vague about who did which research.

I will slightly edit your statement though.

Exercising (Goodman, J. 2010), laughing (Wilson, A. 2009), and studying
(Mann, 2000) each have health benefits that may increase
life expectancy.

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