There is ample research showing that humans can't be consistently productive for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. I'm less personally familiar with research on 4-day weeks, but I've seen several studies with plenty of rigor that showed that working 6 hours a day, people were, on average,
at least as productive as they were working 8 hours a day.
Banish from your mind the idea that "hours spent at work" translates directly into productivity. My butt in my seat doesn't produce anything. My brain is what produces code, designs, problem-solving, ideas, etc, and it, like any other part of my body, needs periodic rest in order to function properly.